Colleges That Meet 100% Need
When looking for a college that will be the right “fit” for a prospective student, many factors are considered including the location of the college, the number of students, programs of study, the school’s reputation, and whether the student will meet the college’s requirements for admission. Also, extremely important to many families, is the type of aid available and whether a college is committed to meeting the full documented need of their admitted students.
Education consultants and authors Howard and Matthew Greene developed a list of colleges that help make college affordable to even the most economically disadvantaged students through their generous financial aid packages. These schools meet 100 percent of a student’s documented financial need. Reprinted with their permission.
| Amherst College | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Barnard College | Middlebury College |
| Bates College | Mount Holyoke College |
| Beloit College | Northwestern University |
| Bowdoin College | Oberlin College |
| Brown University | Pitzer College |
| Bryn Mawr College | Pomona College |
| California Institute of Technology | Princeton University |
| Carleton College | Rice University |
| Claremont-McKenna College | Scripps College |
| Colgate University | Smith College |
| College of the Holy Cross | Swarthmore College |
| Columbia University | Trinity College (CT) |
| Connecticut College | Tufts University |
| Cornell University | University of Chicago |
| Dartmouth College | University of Notre Dame |
| Davidson College | University of Pennsylvania |
| Depauw University | University of Rochester |
| Duke University | University of the South (Sewanee) |
| Emory University | Vanderbilt University |
| Franklin and Marshall College | Vassar College |
| Georgetown University | Wabash College |
| Gettysburg College | Washington University in St. Louis |
| Grinnell College | Wellesley College |
| Harvard University | Wesleyan University |
| Harvey Mudd College | Williams College |
| Haverford College | Yale University |
| Lake Forest College | |
| Lawrence University | |
| Macalaster College |
Source: Paying for College: The Greenes’ Guide to
Financing Higher Education, Howard R. and Matthew W. Greene,
St. Martin’s Griffin, NY, 2004