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  
591 Victory University 0.36 to 1 13% 31% 72% 10% 26 20% N/A  
591 Vincennes University 0.27 to 1 13% N/A 74% 23% 54 22% 95%  
603 College of Southern Nevada 0.55 to 1 12% N/A N/A 11% 37 20% N/A  
603 Daymar College Online 0.00 to 1 12% N/A N/A N/A N/A 30% N/A  
603 Daytona State College 0.39 to 1 12% N/A N/A 29% 49 30% N/A  
603 Dover Business College 1.07 to 1 12% 68% N/A 56% 38 24% N/A  
603 Herzing University-Madison 0.15 to 1 12% 100% 47% 59% 10 13% N/A  
603 Quinsigamond Community College 0.35 to 1 12% N/A 55% 14% 45 12% N/A  
603 Rogers State University 0.66 to 1 12% 54% 64% 12% 62 18% N/A  
603 University of New Mexico-Valencia County Branch 0.35 to 1 12% N/A 60% 8% 34 7% N/A  
603 West Chester University of Pennsylvania 2.21 to 1 12% 47% 86% 68% 66 4% N/A  
612 Bucks County Community College 0.40 to 1 11% N/A 63% 11% 44 N/A N/A  
612 Columbus State University 1.37 to 1 11% 54% 70% 31% 49 9% N/A  
612 Community College of Vermont 0.00 to 1 11% N/A 45% 12% 37 15% N/A  
612 Georgia Southern University 7.15 to 1 11% 56% 80% 47% 77 7% N/A  
612 Harford Community College 0.24 to 1 11% N/A 66% 19% 45 15% N/A  
612 Johnson County Community College 0.61 to 1 11% N/A 56% 17% 37 18% N/A  
612 Northwest Florida State College 0.47 to 1 11% N/A N/A 37% 45 18% N/A  
612 University of Wisconsin-Stout 2.35 to 1 11% 89% 71% 53% 84 4% N/A  
612 University of Wisconsin-Whitewater 4.48 to 1 11% 82% 77% 54% 97 5% N/A  
621 Ashford University-Iowa 0.02 to 1 10% 90% 42% 22% 62 20% N/A  
621 Brevard Community College 0.30 to 1 10% N/A 69% 47% 47 20% N/A  
621 Columbia Basin College 0.72 to 1 10% N/A 62% 30% 52 13% N/A  
621 Eagle Gate College 0.24 to 1 10% N/A 100% 61% 8 24% N/A  
621 Front Range Community College 0.26 to 1 10% N/A N/A 21% 37 16% N/A  
621 Georgia College & State University 3.35 to 1 10% 70% 83% 55% 87 6% N/A  
621 Ivy Tech Community College-Central Indiana 0.32 to 1 10% N/A 52% 4% 43 20% N/A  
621 Jefferson College 0.35 to 1 10% N/A 60% 28% 43 16% N/A  
621 Jefferson Community College 0.57 to 1 10% N/A 54% 29% 43 17% N/A  
621 Lamar State College-Orange 0.77 to 1 10% N/A 51% 19% 23 28% N/A  
621 Lord Fairfax Community College 0.18 to 1 10% N/A 65% 26% 40 0% N/A  
621 Seminole State College of Florida 0.33 to 1 10% N/A N/A 32% 43 21% N/A  
621 Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania 7.14 to 1 10% 67% 81% 59% 69 5% N/A  
621 Southwest Florida College 0.28 to 1 10% N/A 36% 32% 28 21% N/A  
635 Academy of Art University 0.20 to 1 9% N/A 65% 34% 14 11% N/A  
635 Bellevue College 0.30 to 1 9% N/A N/A 29% 42 10% N/A  
635 Bladen Community College 0.60 to 1 9% N/A 52% 20% 36 0% N/A  
635 Cedar Valley College 0.31 to 1 9% N/A N/A 13% 33 16% N/A  
635 Colorado Technical University Online 0.01 to 1 9% N/A 20% 10% N/A 25% N/A  
635 Harrison College-Indianapolis 0.25 to 1 9% 96% 7% 26% 32 14% N/A  
635 Lenoir Community College 0.38 to 1 9% N/A 44% 15% 44 3% N/A  
635 Macon State College 1.48 to 1 9% 75% 74% 13% 42 18% N/A  
635 Methodist College of Nursing 3.00 to 1 9% 89% 100% N/A 4 13% N/A  
635 Mountain State University 0.30 to 1 9% N/A 50% 12% 31 14% N/A  
635 North Georgia College & State University 2.00 to 1 9% 53% 76% 52% 77 7% N/A  
635 Parkland College 0.46 to 1 9% N/A 60% 20% 40 18% N/A  
635 Sinclair Community College 0.44 to 1 9% N/A 51% 10% 42 20% N/A  
635 Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College 0.67 to 1 9% N/A 72% 41% 33 15% N/A  
649 Akron Institute of Herzing University 1.22 to 1 8% 100% 20% 60% 10 13% N/A  
649 Clark State Community College 0.15 to 1 8% N/A 47% 9% 38 19% 100%  
649 Community College of Denver 0.28 to 1 8% N/A 53% 11% 37 22% N/A  
649 Des Moines Area Community College 67.40 to 1 8% N/A N/A 42% 38 15% N/A  
649 Florida Hospital College of Health Sciences 0.32 to 1 8% 96% 93% 28% 16 4% N/A  
649 Hesser College 0.12 to 1 8% N/A 89% 4% 27 17% N/A  
649 Lincoln Land Community College 0.53 to 1 8% N/A 54% 20% 39 19% N/A  
649 Mid-Continent University 0.32 to 1 8% 95% 65% 24% 25 11% N/A  
649 Moraine Park Technical College 0.93 to 1 8% N/A 63% 40% 37 8% N/A  
649 Pinnacle Career Institute-Lawrence 0.13 to 1 8% N/A 69% 71% 23 5% N/A  
649 Pitt Community College 0.62 to 1 8% N/A 57% 16% 43 13% N/A  
649 South Georgia College 0.81 to 1 8% N/A 46% 13% 78 23% N/A  
649 University of Maryland-University College 0.10 to 1 8% N/A 40% 12% 66 6% N/A  
649 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 1.98 to 1 8% 90% 70% 40% 43 6% N/A  
649 Virginia College 0.31 to 1 8% N/A N/A N/A 3 21% N/A  
664 Albany State University 1.28 to 1 7% 55% 65% 41% 61 12% 85%  
664 Alvin Community College 0.58 to 1 7% N/A 60% 12% 53 23% N/A  
664 Black River Technical College 1.26 to 1 7% N/A 59% 30% 15 27% N/A  
664 Cayuga County Community College 0.28 to 1 7% N/A N/A 28% 47 14% 100%  
664 Clarion University of Pennsylvania 2.63 to 1 7% 79% 70% 49% 64 7% 95%  
664 Grand Rapids Community College 0.34 to 1 7% N/A 55% 15% 95 22% N/A  
664 Heald College-Fresno 0.36 to 1 7% 87% 53% 39% 29 15% N/A  
664 New Mexico State University-Dona Ana 0.34 to 1 7% N/A 62% 12% 39 15% N/A  
664 Northeastern Technical College 0.42 to 1 7% N/A 58% 14% 39 0% N/A  
664 Pikes Peak Community College 0.25 to 1 7% N/A 57% 21% 37 19% N/A  
664 Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College 1.13 to 1 7% N/A 53% 32% 11 27% N/A  
664 Southwest Tennessee Community College 0.43 to 1 7% 100% 46% 5% 12 0% N/A  
664 University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh 1.90 to 1 7% 84% 74% 50% 97 4% N/A  
677 Armstrong Atlantic State University 1.55 to 1 6% 57% 65% 32% 72 9% N/A  
677 Community College of Allegheny County 0.21 to 1 6% N/A 56% 11% 42 14% N/A  
677 Community College of Rhode Island 0.66 to 1 6% N/A 62% 11% 43 14% N/A  
677 Everest Institute-Rochester 0.25 to 1 6% N/A N/A 26% 46 33% N/A  
677 Hudson Valley Community College 0.61 to 1 6% N/A 55% 25% 43 12% N/A  
677 International Academy of Design and Technology-Online 0.04 to 1 6% N/A 41% N/A N/A 27% N/A  
677 Lansing Community College 0.12 to 1 6% N/A 51% 15% 48 18% N/A  
677 Olympic College 0.36 to 1 6% N/A N/A 30% 64 15% N/A  
677 Riverland Community College 0.60 to 1 6% N/A 59% 32% 16 15% N/A  
677 Southeast Technical Institute 0.74 to 1 6% N/A 57% 34% 31 9% N/A  
677 Stanly Community College 0.43 to 1 6% N/A 62% 33% 33 0% N/A  
677 University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point 3.86 to 1 6% 79% 80% 61% 96 4% N/A  
677 Walden University 0.06 to 1 6% N/A 28% N/A 22 4% N/A  
690 Clayton State University 1.44 to 1 5% 39% 67% 26% 41 12% 100%  
690 Finger Lakes Community College 0.43 to 1 5% N/A N/A 29% 35 21% N/A  
690 Fort Valley State University 2.51 to 1 5% 58% 59% 33% 61 23% N/A  
690 Guilford Technical Community College 0.58 to 1 5% N/A 59% 14% 43 19% N/A  
690 Joliet Junior College 0.34 to 1 5% N/A 55% 11% 95 16% N/A  
690 Minnesota State Community and Technical College 1.06 to 1 5% N/A 55% 35% 52 13% N/A  
690 Northampton County Area Community College 0.14 to 1 5% N/A 62% 21% 42 16% N/A  
690 Pennsylvania College of Technology 2.91 to 1 5% N/A 66% 47% 42 10% N/A  
690 Santa Fe College 0.52 to 1 5% N/A N/A 43% 44 15% N/A  
690 South University‚Savannah Online 0.09 to 1 5% 68% 18% 8% N/A N/A N/A  
690 The National Hispanic University 0.11 to 1 5% 99% 67% 18% 10 14% 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