Keep in mind that even though a college may meet a high percentage of a family’s need, it is the college that also determines what a family’s need is.
Some schools use FAFSA to determine need, but 75% of the schools on this list ask families to fill out the CSS Profile.
The CSS Profile asks for additional information about a family’s financial situation.
Schools use this information, along with their own calculations, to determine how much a family can contribute towards college.
This amount may vary from your EFC.
Colleges Meeting 90% and More of Financial Need
Name State Abbr 4 yr
Grad Rate5 yr
Grad Rate% Ad-
mittedAvg % of
Need MetAvg Need
Based AwardTotal Price
(16-17)Avg Net Price
For Income
$48,001-$75,000Avg Net Price
For Income
$75,001-$110,000Avg Net Price
For Income
over $110,000University of Pikeville KY 15 26 100 90 $18,081 $37,700 $20,476 $20,483 $20,153 Hendrix College AR 64 69 77 90 $34,350 $58,120 $19,313 $24,535 $27,815 University of North Florida FL 26 47 65 90 $6,515 $21,210 $13,535 $16,173 $19,244 Knox College IL 69 75 65 90 $31,323 $54,515 $20,635 $23,832 $29,758 University of Massachusetts-Lowell MA 32 52 61 90 $9,853 $29,002 $16,465 $19,120 $23,804 Whitman College WA 83 87 51 90 $32,417 $61,972 $21,821 $28,061 $43,539 Gettysburg College PA 84 86 43 90 $35,068 $64,500 $17,683 $26,782 $35,937 George Washington University DC 76 82 40 90 $32,167 $67,225 $26,883 $29,667 $44,178 American University DC 76 80 26 90 $30,045 $62,272 $26,394 $31,693 $46,282 Dalton State College GA 5 15 90 $3,500 $15,206 $11,250 $9,388 $10,645 Oral Roberts University OK 47 55 68 91 $17,314 $39,760 $20,853 $22,269 $25,267 Allegheny College PA 70 75 68 91 $36,480 $58,920 $21,123 $25,862 $30,943 DePauw University IN 78 83 65 91 $38,681 $60,888 $18,006 $22,112 $30,797 Sewanee-The University of the South TN 79 82 44 91 $28,705 $57,450 $20,042 $21,154 $35,101 Bucknell University PA 84 88 30 91 $29,200 $67,600 $24,514 $29,983 $46,785 Ithaca College NY 66 74 70 92 $28,655 $59,918 $30,696 $33,703 $40,717 Luther College IA 72 78 68 92 $30,804 $52,595 $22,099 $25,051 $28,416 Gustavus Adolphus College MN 78 79 65 92 $32,990 $54,280 $15,979 $25,476 $27,946 Westminster College MO 56 63 65 92 $18,575 $38,650 $19,507 $20,122 $22,512 San Jose State University CA 11 44 53 92 $12,461 $27,039 $15,681 $18,809 $22,068 Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology NY 26 53 92 $11,354 $45,405 $32,205 $25,315 $32,956 Albion College MI 61 70 72 93 $40,241 $54,150 $15,786 $24,740 $27,298 Clark University MA 71 75 55 93 $27,747 $53,350 $20,467 $20,750 $32,680 Fort Valley State University GA 8 20 26 93 $6,510 $20,044 $16,582 $18,681 $16,916 Valparaiso University IN 54 64 83 94 $28,968 $51,190 $19,566 $22,324 $25,873 Earlham College IN 65 69 58 94 $38,564 $57,870 $21,256 $21,635 $32,756 Rhodes College TN 76 79 54 94 $31,593 $59,754 $24,675 $24,824 $31,385 Beloit College WI 64 71 70 95 $32,586 $57,506 $9,213 $24,994 $19,701 Wheaton College MA 76 79 67 95 $32,620 $63,512 $27,031 $26,835 $36,365 Hampshire College MA 51 63 64 95 $38,891 $65,212 $22,643 $31,158 $44,324 Brandeis University MA 83 87 33 95 $40,150 $68,125 $26,730 $26,514 $48,839 Southwestern Oklahoma State University OK 17 29 91 96 $1,491 $19,518 $12,225 $13,827 $15,308 SUNY College at Potsdam NY 35 49 72 96 $9,812 $23,394 $17,231 $18,351 $20,818 Kalamazoo College MI 73 80 66 96 $34,678 $57,116 $17,916 $24,806 $31,198 Lawrence University WI 64 78 63 96 $36,619 $56,823 $21,074 $24,545 $32,056 Walla Walla University WA 24 46 62 96 $5,605 $38,133 $22,037 $23,966 $26,322 Southwestern University TX 66 71 45 96 $30,013 $52,650 $19,789 $25,045 $29,335 University of Miami FL 70 80 38 96 $32,486 $64,306 $23,046 $34,005 $37,351 Lehigh University PA 77 88 26 96 $41,234 $63,075 $18,432 $28,417 $45,419 Valdosta State University GA 16 32 65 97 $6,862 $20,403 $16,820 $16,828 $17,450 Wabash College IN 64 71 63 97 $34,044 $53,150 $16,151 $25,171 $30,573 Trinity University TX 68 76 41 97 $30,334 $54,714 $15,470 $25,211 $31,747 Northeastern State University OK 9 21 94 98 $7,417 $16,833 $10,389 $11,872 $12,283 Berea College KY 48 61 33 98 $31,803 $35,042 $6,805 $5,351 $34,980 Tulane University of Louisiana LA 72 82 26 98 $32,702 $67,114 $27,623 $31,907 $41,845 University of Florida FL 67 84 46 99 $7,711 $21,251 $8,732 $11,381 $16,950 St Olaf College MN 85 88 45 99 $32,991 $56,160 $15,816 $23,307 $34,295 Dickinson College PA 81 84 43 99 $40,052 $66,779 $17,286 $27,738 $41,768 University of Dayton OH 59 74 60 100 $28,208 $56,370 $25,546 $32,471 $32,428 Mount Holyoke College MA 78 83 52 100 $37,011 $61,206 $17,552 $25,012 $34,710 Occidental College CA 76 81 46 100 $41,801 $69,442 $17,877 $28,448 $44,977 Bryn Mawr College PA 78 82 40 100 $41,321 $66,160 $17,319 $26,616 $41,012 College of the Holy Cross MA 89 92 38 100 $36,511 $64,065 $17,426 $28,718 $44,629 Macalester College MN 84 87 37 100 $42,208 $64,007 $17,423 $24,111 $38,132 Union College NY 81 87 37 100 $36,393 $66,360 $20,847 $27,861 $41,037 Smith College MA 86 88 37 100 $43,839 $66,647 $17,814 $25,227 $41,073 Franklin and Marshall College PA 83 86 36 100 $44,761 $67,880 $16,408 $28,337 $45,393 Connecticut College CT 81 84 35 100 $39,698 $67,000 $23,651 $26,844 $42,811 Trinity College CT 80 84 34 100 $44,394 $68,940 $14,032 $23,584 $43,062 University of Richmond VA 84 88 32 100 $40,204 $63,040 $14,515 $24,851 $40,438 Reed College OR 66 76 31 100 $37,665 $67,250 $17,437 $22,565 $39,301 University of Virginia-Main Campus VA 88 93 30 100 $21,517 $31,186 $14,374 $21,964 $27,814 Scripps College CA 80 84 30 100 $35,730 $68,464 $22,738 $25,661 $42,350 Wake Forest University NC 84 87 30 100 $42,637 $66,512 $13,521 $29,042 $44,330 Northeastern University MA 0 83 29 100 $34,803 $65,503 $17,573 $31,239 $40,453 Wellesley College MA 83 89 29 100 $48,433 $65,966 $12,581 $22,141 $42,274 Colgate University NY 85 89 29 100 $48,355 $67,290 $17,589 $19,989 $42,628 Skidmore College NY 85 88 29 100 $41,900 $67,000 $15,261 $21,866 $47,352 Oberlin College OH 71 84 28 100 $37,998 $68,670 $24,134 $24,241 $42,076 Lafayette College PA 85 88 28 100 $44,113 $66,105 $21,404 $26,343 $46,329 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill NC 84 90 27 100 $17,240 $24,898 $12,074 $18,954 $23,197 Vassar College NY 87 90 27 100 $46,243 $67,740 $12,188 $18,427 $36,810 Kenyon College OH 89 90 27 100 $43,736 $66,670 $15,911 $23,146 $41,962 Hamilton College NY 89 91 26 100 $43,936 $65,750 $9,788 $20,882 $40,022 Washington and Lee University VA 88 89 24 100 $40,072 $63,500 $8,962 $17,605 $34,627 Carleton College MN 88 91 23 100 $42,019 $66,490 $14,682 $22,941 $38,398 Bates College ME 84 87 23 100 $44,063 $66,550 $12,108 $21,523 $38,977 Haverford College PA 86 90 21 100 $46,398 $69,387 $12,110 $25,956 $42,279 Grinnell College IA 81 84 20 100 $41,090 $63,838 $17,563 $22,792 $35,726 Davidson College NC 91 95 20 100 $43,859 $64,698 $11,982 $17,498 $39,244 Colby College ME 84 89 19 100 $43,762 $65,824 $17,088 $24,111 $37,890 University of Notre Dame IN 90 95 19 100 $39,044 $67,043 $14,893 $23,099 $40,922 Williams College MA 86 93 18 100 $50,286 $68,430 $10,448 $16,899 $42,003 Wesleyan University CT 87 91 18 100 $47,653 $67,527 $11,996 $25,474 $42,819 Barnard College NY 82 90 17 100 $46,876 $68,512 $16,092 $22,360 $41,048 Washington University in St Louis MO 88 93 17 100 $43,839 $69,754 $13,208 $28,458 $44,102 Georgetown University DC 90 94 17 100 $41,492 $69,313 $15,540 $23,967 $48,345 University of Southern California CA 77 90 17 100 $36,995 $69,711 $21,751 $32,515 $51,147 Middlebury College VT 85 92 16 100 $47,092 $66,332 $13,966 $17,448 $38,052 Colorado College CO 82 86 16 100 $47,140 $66,400 $4,349 $22,688 $44,605 Bowdoin College ME 89 94 15 100 $42,165 $65,590 $11,057 $19,367 $34,142 Rice University TX 83 91 15 100 $37,253 $60,518 $10,080 $22,683 $38,701 Pitzer College CA 83 87 14 100 $42,956 $68,192 $14,904 $22,781 $41,949 Amherst College MA 86 92 14 100 $52,482 $68,986 $13,268 $20,406 $43,142 Cornell University NY 87 93 14 100 $40,333 $67,613 $15,456 $26,486 $46,258 Tufts University MA 87 91 14 100 $42,971 $68,190 $18,872 $24,260 $47,538 Swarthmore College PA 88 93 13 100 $46,897 $66,549 $12,638 $23,368 $37,004 Harvey Mudd College CA 85 91 13 100 $41,649 $71,917 $25,102 $18,643 $42,967 Vanderbilt University TN 87 91 11 100 $48,559 $64,654 $8,451 $14,835 $32,921 Northwestern University IL 84 92 11 100 $42,976 $70,496 $12,763 $28,038 $40,222 Dartmouth College NH 88 95 11 100 $51,461 $69,474 $10,048 $19,568 $44,204 Duke University NC 86 93 11 100 $46,370 $69,169 $7,880 $25,085 $48,925 University of Pennsylvania PA 85 93 9 100 $45,711 $69,340 $12,322 $19,870 $37,370 Pomona College CA 92 97 9 100 $50,686 $67,357 $6,975 $13,363 $37,440 Claremont McKenna College CA 86 92 9 100 $49,208 $69,385 $18,096 $20,675 $43,992 Brown University RI 84 94 9 100 $43,186 $68,106 $12,697 $22,282 $44,695 Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA 84 91 8 100 $42,351 $65,478 $8,633 $17,992 $42,237 California Institute of Technology CA 81 89 8 100 $44,074 $66,774 $6,781 $20,077 $42,977 Princeton University NJ 89 96 7 100 $49,870 $63,690 $4,557 $16,967 $32,706 Yale University CT 86 96 6 100 $52,831 $68,950 $6,551 $16,229 $36,367 Stanford University CA 75 89 5 100 $47,664 $66,696 $4,061 $18,212 $39,853 Harvard University MA 86 96 5 100 $47,053 $66,900 $6,577 $21,958 $44,238
Due to lack of consistent sources, the data in this chart is from multiple years. IPEDS data (graduation rate, total price, and average net price) is from ’16-’17. Common Data Set information (% of need met, average need aid) is from the most recent year of public available data. The information is based on freshmen amounts. Average net price is based on information for families that have filed FAFSA and may not be as representative of average net price for families with incomes greater than $110k if a large percent of higher income families have not filed FAFSA.
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