Top 20 US Colleges 2021 Financial Aid Comparison

In average, 54% of full-time first-time beginning undergraduate students (freshmen) have received grants and/or scholarships at Top 20 US Colleges. The average amount of the financial aid is $49,482. Below table summarizes and compares the acceptance rate and other admission statistics.

Top 20 US Colleges 2021 Financial Aid Comparison

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2021 Financial Aid Comparison Table
	School Name	Beginning Undergraduate Students (Freshmen)			All Undergraduate Students
Number Receiving Aid	School Name	Percent Receiving Aid	Average Amounts	Number Receiving Aid	Percent Receiving Aid	Average Amounts
	Brown UniversityProvidence, RI	726	44.00%	$49,831	3,308	46.20%	$47,590
	California Institute of TechnologyPasadena, CA	134	57.00%	$48,172	558	59.49%	$42,648
	Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, NY	774	54.00%	$57,642	4,869	59.23%	$45,881
	Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY	1,489	47.00%	$47,664	7,051	46.87%	$49,149
	Dartmouth CollegeHanover, NH	532	45.00%	$52,627	2,338	52.43%	$47,411
	Duke UniversityDurham, NC	807	47.00%	$50,914	3,848	57.87%	$48,351
	Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA	944	57.00%	$57,877	4,260	42.33%	$52,257
	Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, MD	844	57.00%	$48,768	3,422	54.70%	$45,081
	Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA	664	60.00%	$53,162	2,906	64.15%	$50,864
	Northwestern UniversityEvanston, IL	1,216	61.00%	$50,310	5,124	59.02%	$46,822
	Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ	809	61.00%	$55,465	3,305	60.96%	$56,126
	Rice UniversityHouston, TX	574	60.00%	$47,887	2,549	63.90%	$43,615
	Stanford UniversityStanford, CA	941	55.00%	$54,547	4,288	61.29%	$53,346
	University of California-Los AngelesLos Angeles, CA	3,952	67.00%	$15,461	22,775	72.20%	$16,180
	University of ChicagoChicago, IL	897	52.00%	$44,947	3,746	54.37%	$41,552
	University of Notre DameNotre Dame, IN	1,151	56.00%	$44,185	5,339	61.14%	$40,443
	University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA	1,106	47.00%	$54,019	6,009	50.61%	$44,232
	Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, TN	1,001	62.00%	$47,344	4,500	65.35%	$44,675
	Washington University in St LouisSaint Louis, MO	800	46.00%	$49,677	3,536	45.21%	$45,164
	Yale UniversityNew Haven, CT	819	53.00%	$59,134	3,440	56.47%	$58,244
	Average	1,009	54%	$49,482	4,859	57%	$45,982

*The tuition data is updated with academic year 2020-2021 data from National Center For Education Statistics (March 2, 2021),U.S. Department of Education.

**Information is not available for schools that are not appeared in the table. The schools have not report the information to the IPEDS or not applicable.)