Schools Ranked by Institution Financial Aid Rate

Financial aid is a top priority for most prospective college students. The higher the percentage of students who receive financial aid directly from the school, the more desirable the college should be to attend. This data refers to the percentage of undergraduate students receiving financial aid for the 2010-11 academic year directly from the institution they attend. The financial aid figures are provided by the College Navigator database from the U.S. Department of Education.

College Navigator did not have financial aid figures for all of the colleges on our list. We did not, however, want to penalize those colleges without data. To that end, we simply excluded those schools from the rankings in this category.

Rank School FT to PT
Faculty Ratio		 Institution
Fin. Aid Rate		 Acceptance Rate Retention Rate Graduation Rate Accred.
Years		 Default
Rate		 Job Place. Rate  
396 Everglades University 0.44 to 1 42% 86% 70% 65% 19 13% N/A  
396 Kaplan University-Maine Campus 0.22 to 1 42% N/A N/A 18% 14 N/A 97%  
396 Missouri State University 2.11 to 1 42% 83% 75% 55% 97 7% N/A  
396 Mount Carmel College of Nursing 1.29 to 1 42% 75% 86% 66% 18 4% N/A  
396 Mt Sierra College 0.00 to 1 42% 40% 69% 27% 16 11% N/A  
396 Pittsburgh Technical Institute 1.72 to 1 42% N/A 67% 54% 10 18% N/A  
396 Sul Ross State University 2.70 to 1 42% N/A 49% 25% 83 15% N/A  
396 University of Colorado at Colorado Springs 0.90 to 1 42% 67% 71% 41% 42 8% N/A  
396 University of Colorado Denver 5.44 to 1 42% 60% 76% 40% 42 5% N/A  
396 University of South Carolina-Upstate 1.07 to 1 42% 59% 67% 39% 36 7% N/A  
396 Worcester State University 0.80 to 1 42% 65% 80% 47% 55 9% N/A  
412 Jackson State University 2.72 to 1 41% 31% 73% 40% 64 16% 70%  
412 North Dakota State University-Main Campus 59.60 to 1 41% 86% 76% 54% 97 4% N/A  
412 University of Nebraska at Omaha 1.02 to 1 41% 76% 73% 43% 73 8% N/A  
412 University of Southern Maine 1.36 to 1 41% 78% 66% 33% 52 9% N/A  
416 Gulf Coast Community College 0.60 to 1 40% N/A N/A 33% 50 20% N/A  
416 Humboldt State University 1.10 to 1 40% 83% 74% 40% 63 8% N/A  
416 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2.30 to 1 40% 68% 93% 82% 99 3% N/A  
416 University of Wisconsin-Madison 3.13 to 1 40% 66% 94% 82% 99 1% N/A  
420 Cameron University 1.29 to 1 39% N/A 56% 18% 80 20% N/A  
420 Clatsop Community College 0.41 to 1 39% N/A 6% 12% 47 23% N/A  
420 College of Southern Idaho 0.80 to 1 39% N/A 54% 17% 44 18% N/A  
420 East Carolina University 4.98 to 1 39% 70% 81% 59% 85 3% 100%  
420 Frostburg State University 2.02 to 1 39% 55% 71% 45% 59 8% N/A  
420 Mercy College of Northwest Ohio 0.65 to 1 39% 75% 77% 51% 17 6% N/A  
420 Michigan State University 6.69 to 1 39% 73% 91% 77% 97 4% 96%  
420 Montana State University-Northern 1.48 to 1 39% 64% 58% 30% 80 12% N/A  
420 SUNY College at Oswego 1.26 to 1 39% 48% 79% 57% 62 8% N/A  
420 University of Hawaii at Hilo 3.67 to 1 39% 71% 69% 36% 36 9% N/A  
430 American InterContinental University-Online 0.04 to 1 38% 98% 14% 28% 3 27% N/A  
430 Framingham State University 1.44 to 1 38% 66% 74% 52% 62 7% N/A  
430 Missouri State University-West Plains 0.42 to 1 38% N/A 44% 32% 18 21% N/A  
430 University of Idaho 4.49 to 1 38% 61% 80% 51% 94 5% N/A  
430 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 6.98 to 1 38% 67% 91% 82% 89 2% N/A  
435 Black Hills State University 2.12 to 1 37% 94% 61% 29% 84 9% N/A  
435 Lander University 1.51 to 1 37% 46% 64% 37% 60 4% N/A  
435 The University of Texas at El Paso 2.29 to 1 37% 99% 75% 37% 76 12% N/A  
435 Towson University 1.01 to 1 37% 54% 84% 64% 63 3% N/A  
435 University of Central Arkansas 2.79 to 1 37% 91% 69% 40% 81 13% N/A  
435 University of Colorado Boulder 2.42 to 1 37% 87% 84% 68% 99 4% N/A  
435 University of North Carolina-Wilmington 2.69 to 1 37% 57% 86% 67% 60 5% N/A  
435 University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire 4.17 to 1 37% 76% 84% 65% 62 2% N/A  
435 Vatterott College-Berkerley 4.25 to 1 37% N/A N/A 40% 31 26% N/A  
444 Cleary University 0.05 to 1 36% N/A 36% 64% 24 7% N/A  
444 Dakota College at Bottineau 0.47 to 1 36% N/A 41% 37% 41 8% N/A  
444 Florida State University 2.54 to 1 36% 58% 92% 74% 97 5% N/A  
444 Northern Illinois University 3.47 to 1 36% 53% 71% 56% 97 7% N/A  
444 Northern Kentucky University 1.36 to 1 36% 66% 66% 37% 39 11% N/A  
444 Saint Cloud State University 1.80 to 1 36% 90% 69% 49% 65 6% N/A  
444 The University of Texas-Pan American 13.15 to 1 36% 70% 78% 42% 56 11% N/A  
444 University at Buffalo 2.22 to 1 36% 51% 88% 71% 91 4% N/A  
444 University of Arkansas 10.63 to 1 36% 61% 83% 59% 88 7% N/A  
444 University of Central Florida 1.82 to 1 36% 45% 87% 63% 42 8% N/A  
444 University of Delaware 27.59 to 1 36% 61% 93% 76% 91 3% N/A  
455 University of Utah 5.73 to 1 35% 83% 87% 55% 79 3% N/A  
455 Youngstown State University 0.77 to 1 35% N/A 65% 34% 67 15% N/A  
457 Central Pennsylvania College 0.27 to 1 34% 43% 42% 46% 35 10% N/A  
457 Rowan University 0.59 to 1 34% 56% 87% 68% 54 6% N/A  
457 SUNY College of Technology at Canton 1.29 to 1 34% 74% 75% 35% 60 15% N/A  
457 Texas Woman's University 1.09 to 1 34% 88% 68% 39% 89 8% N/A  
457 Troy University 0.71 to 1 34% 71% 74% 32% 78 15% N/A  
457 University of North Alabama 2.32 to 1 34% 88% 71% 27% 78 14% N/A  
457 West Texas A & M University 1.92 to 1 34% 69% 65% 42% 87 11% N/A  
464 Capella University 0.20 to 1 33% 100% 67% 0% 15 10% N/A  
464 Texas Tech University 5.85 to 1 33% 66% 82% 61% 84 8% N/A  
464 Winston-Salem State University 2.97 to 1 33% 62% 80% 41% 65 12% N/A  
467 Arkansas Tech University 1.69 to 1 32% 90% 68% 43% 82 19% N/A  
467 Brigham Young University-Idaho 1.42 to 1 32% 99% 73% 61% 76 2% N/A  
467 Montana State University-Billings 0.81 to 1 32% 99% 56% 50% 80 6% N/A  
467 Portland State University 0.94 to 1 32% 69% 73% 38% 56 7% N/A  
467 Tennessee State University 2.35 to 1 32% N/A 67% 36% 66 14% N/A  
467 University of Florida 5.01 to 1 32% 43% 95% 84% 99 3% N/A  
467 University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus 5.88 to 1 32% 58% 90% 79% 91 4% N/A  
474 Arlington Baptist College 1.18 to 1 31% N/A 46% 41% 31 14% N/A  
474 Bemidji State University 1.38 to 1 31% 90% 68% 45% 69 7% N/A  
474 Florida Atlantic University 1.51 to 1 31% 35% 79% 43% 45 8% N/A  
474 George C Wallace State Community College-Hanceville 0.69 to 1 31% N/A N/A 21% 34 26% N/A  
474 Hodges University 0.97 to 1 31% 61% 57% 26% 14 13% N/A  
474 Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Aguadilla 0.40 to 1 31% 66% 70% 20% 36 28% N/A  
474 New Mexico State University-Main Campus 2.72 to 1 31% 80% 70% 46% 86 15% N/A  
474 Ramapo College of New Jersey 0.88 to 1 31% 50% 85% 72% 37 5% N/A  
474 Salem International University 0.71 to 1 31% N/A 43% 14% 49 22% N/A  
483 Bryant and Stratton College-Buffalo Campus 0.30 to 1 30% 100% N/A 13% 10 23% 95%  
483 Georgia Southwestern State University 2.02 to 1 30% 68% 65% 30% 80 11% N/A  
483 Southeastern Illinois College 0.71 to 1 30% N/A 44% 36% 36 25% N/A  
483 Wayne State College 1.48 to 1 30% N/A 68% 51% 95 9% N/A  
487 Miami Dade College 0.19 to 1 29% N/A N/A 25% 47 19% 90%  
487 Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus 6.95 to 1 29% 55% 92% 87% 91 6% N/A  
487 Trinity Valley Community College 1.64 to 1 29% N/A 54% 23% 60 31% N/A  
487 University of Memphis 1.51 to 1 29% 66% 77% 38% 85 9% N/A  
487 Utah State University 33.35 to 1 29% 97% 72% 53% 88 4% N/A  
492 Hampton University 3.39 to 1 28% 37% 67% 55% 80 13% N/A  
492 Southern Illinois University Carbondale 5.24 to 1 28% 44% 66% 45% 99 8% N/A  
492 SUNY College of Technology at Delhi 1.24 to 1 28% 57% 80% 37% 60 14% N/A  
492 University of Alaska Southeast 0.83 to 1 28% N/A 57% 21% 29 11% N/A  
492 University of South Carolina-Aiken 1.75 to 1 28% 50% 70% 41% 35 6% N/A  
492 University of Wisconsin-Platteville 3.69 to 1 28% 96% 74% 52% 94 5% N/A  
498 Eastern Kentucky University 1.56 to 1 27% 66% 66% 37% 84 12% 100%  
498 Tennessee Technological University 1.48 to 1 27% 97% 73% 50% 73 4% N/A  
498 Western Kentucky University 1.80 to 1 27% 92% 73% 43% 86 12% N/A  

Methodology

For each college, we gathered data for nine different metrics: the number of full-time faculty per part-time faculty member; institutional financial aid, acceptance, retention, graduation, job placement, and default rates; years accredited; and undergraduate tuition. Learn more