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 2013 academic year directly from the institution they attend. The financial aid figures are provided by the IPEDS database from the U.S. Department of Education.

IPEDS 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 Student to
Faculty Ratio
Graduation
Rate
Retention
Rate
Acceptance
Rate
Enrollment
Rate
Institutional
Aid Rate
Default
Rate
1

Laguna College of Art and Design

12 to 1 66% 84% 37% 21% 100% 6% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
2

Dordt College

15 to 1 69% 81% 70% 27% 100% 2% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
3

Cleary University

11 to 1 52% 65% 72% 46% 100% 7% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
4

Stephens College

10 to 1 55% 72% 68% 16% 100% 9% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
5

Concordia University-Portland

17 to 1 48% 74% 51% 8% 100% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
6

Spring Hill College

14 to 1 53% 81% 41% 6% 99% 8% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
7

Warner University

17 to 1 40% 72% 51% 36% 99% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
8

Berry College

12 to 1 64% 83% 55% 13% 99% 4% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
9

Illinois Wesleyan University

11 to 1 83% 93% 62% 12% 99% 3% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
10

St Bonaventure University

11 to 1 64% 86% 66% 13% 99% 7% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
11

Elizabethtown College

12 to 1 78% 82% 71% 15% 99% 3% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
12

Apex School of Theology

17 to 1 95% 97% N/A N/A 99% 11% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
13

Stetson University

13 to 1 64% 77% 63% 9% 98% 5% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
14

Cornell College

11 to 1 68% 82% 70% 14% 98% 4% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
15

McDaniel College

11 to 1 70% 75% 80% 15% 98% 4% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
16

Gordon College

13 to 1 69% 85% 93% 24% 98% 2% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
17

Susquehanna University

12 to 1 71% 89% 76% 13% 98% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
18

Saint Michael's College

11 to 1 76% 87% 76% 10% 98% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
19

The Baptist College of Florida

11 to 1 51% 76% 52% 29% 97% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
20

Augustana College

12 to 1 76% 86% 49% 10% 97% 5% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
21

Luther College

12 to 1 77% 85% 67% 16% 97% 3% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
22

Houghton College

12 to 1 73% 84% 95% 35% 97% 4% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
23

Nazareth College

9 to 1 73% 84% 76% 14% 97% 4% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
24

Cleveland Institute of Art

9 to 1 68% 83% 65% 23% 97% 5% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
25

John Carroll University

13 to 1 73% 85% 82% 19% 97% 4% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
26

Marywood University

12 to 1 70% 83% 71% 16% 97% 6% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
27

Messiah College

12 to 1 77% 88% 79% 28% 97% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
28

Augustana University

10 to 1 75% 84% 65% 25% 97% 3% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
29

Morningside College

13 to 1 55% 74% 56% 8% 96% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
30

Concordia College at Moorhead

11 to 1 73% 82% 78% 23% 96% 2% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
31

Monmouth University

14 to 1 67% 83% 74% 14% 96% 6% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
32

Clarkson University

14 to 1 72% 88% 68% 11% 96% 3% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
33

Saint John Fisher College

12 to 1 72% 86% 62% 12% 96% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
34

Oklahoma Christian University

13 to 1 49% 79% 59% 17% 96% 8% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
35

Linfield College-McMinnville Campus

11 to 1 63% 86% 84% 20% 96% 3% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
36

Saint Vincent College

12 to 1 69% 87% 70% 23% 96% 4% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
37

Gonzaga University

12 to 1 83% 95% 73% 20% 96% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
38

Pacific Lutheran University

11 to 1 68% 83% 76% 18% 96% 3% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
39

Marquette University

15 to 1 80% 90% 74% 9% 96% 3% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
40

Agnes Scott College

9 to 1 68% 87% 62% 19% 95% 7% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
41

Elmhurst College

14 to 1 67% 79% 55% 13% 95% 2% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
42

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

13 to 1 77% 93% 58% 13% 95% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
43

Emmaus Bible College

9 to 1 75% 83% 35% 14% 95% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
44

Mount St Mary's University

12 to 1 69% 75% 67% 8% 95% 4% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
45

Calvin College

13 to 1 74% 86% 74% 25% 95% 3% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
46

Evangel University

14 to 1 54% 71% 61% 24% 95% 7% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
47

Salem College

11 to 1 60% 83% 62% 21% 95% 7% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
48

Eastern Mennonite University

10 to 1 61% 73% 62% 15% 95% 3% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
49

Simpson University

9 to 1 49% 74% 52% 14% 94% 6% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
50

Whittier College

12 to 1 66% 80% 63% 9% 94% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
51

Bradley University

12 to 1 74% 86% 66% 10% 94% 3% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
52

Saint Mary's College

10 to 1 79% 90% 80% 24% 94% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
53

Central College

12 to 1 67% 78% 64% 10% 94% 4% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
54

Drake University

13 to 1 75% 88% 67% 12% 94% 3% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
55

Northwestern College

13 to 1 67% 82% 72% 21% 94% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
56

Wartburg College

11 to 1 70% 80% 74% 17% 94% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
57

Martin Luther College

12 to 1 73% 83% 78% 66% 94% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
58

Hamline University

13 to 1 63% 79% 72% 13% 94% 4% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
59

Minneapolis College of Art and Design

11 to 1 60% 82% 66% 26% 94% 9% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
60

William Jewell College

10 to 1 62% 82% 49% 17% 94% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
61

Corban University

15 to 1 59% 80% 31% 9% 94% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
62

Arcadia University

10 to 1 58% 79% 59% 6% 94% 6% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
63

Lebanon Valley College

11 to 1 74% 85% 72% 14% 94% 3% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
64

Abilene Christian University

15 to 1 61% 79% 50% 10% 94% 9% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
65

Whitworth University

11 to 1 75% 95% 62% 13% 94% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
66

Saint Norbert College

13 to 1 73% 82% 78% 16% 94% 3% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
67

Florida Southern College

13 to 1 57% 80% 45% 11% 93% 10% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
68

Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale

12 to 1 68% 89% N/A N/A 93% 18% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
69

Toccoa Falls College

13 to 1 47% 66% 45% 20% 93% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
70

Kettering University

14 to 1 54% 93% 70% 18% 93% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
71

Belhaven University

11 to 1 47% 67% 51% 9% 93% 6% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
72

St Lawrence University

11 to 1 87% 89% 46% 12% 93% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
73

Pacific University

11 to 1 71% 77% 79% 16% 93% 3% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
74

Norwich University

12 to 1 56% 74% 57% 18% 93% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
75

Seattle Pacific University

15 to 1 71% 87% 82% 13% 93% 3% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
76

Azusa Pacific University

11 to 1 68% 88% 81% 20% 92% 4% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
77

Loyola University New Orleans

12 to 1 66% 77% 90% 19% 92% 5% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
78

Assumption College

12 to 1 73% 83% 76% 12% 92% 4% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
79

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

13 to 1 85% 96% 49% 11% 92% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
80

Stevens Institute of Technology

10 to 1 82% 94% 44% 10% 92% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
81

Canisius College

11 to 1 70% 83% 87% 14% 92% 6% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
82

Monroe College

18 to 1 53% 78% 45% 28% 92% 10% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
83

The University of Findlay

16 to 1 56% 78% 76% 23% 92% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
84

Xavier University

11 to 1 74% 83% 72% 11% 92% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
85

Duquesne University

13 to 1 74% 85% 76% 20% 92% 3% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
86

Juniata College

13 to 1 73% 86% 77% 14% 92% 2% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
87

Biola University

15 to 1 70% 85% 70% 21% 91% 3% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
88

Greenville College

13 to 1 57% 82% 56% 14% 91% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
89

University of Evansville

12 to 1 68% 81% 70% 12% 91% 5% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
90

Valparaiso University

13 to 1 67% 82% 82% 11% 91% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
91

Clarke University

9 to 1 57% 76% 72% 14% 91% 6% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
92

Simmons College

7 to 1 74% 85% 58% 10% 91% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
93

University of St Thomas

14 to 1 76% 89% 84% 26% 91% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
94

Creighton University

11 to 1 79% 90% 70% 11% 91% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
95

Northwest Christian University

12 to 1 53% 69% 68% 23% 91% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
96

Moravian College

12 to 1 69% 80% 75% 19% 91% 4% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
97

Columbia International University

14 to 1 62% 73% 34% 17% 91% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
98

North Greenville University

14 to 1 55% 73% 58% 34% 91% 6% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
99

International Baptist College and Seminary

4 to 1 60% 79% N/A N/A 91% 2% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
100

Dominican University

11 to 1 59% 79% 63% 12% 90% 6% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/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