CollegeLister

Colleges that meet 90% or more of financial need

Colleges that report meeting at least 90% of the financial need of their full-time students who had need (all full-time undergraduates where the college reports that column, otherwise first-year students). Each row shows the Common Data Set year, which for some colleges is older: the newest year the college has published, because a college that stopped reporting this figure is still shown with its last one. Based on the most recent Common Data Set we hold for each college (year shown). A college is listed only if its Common Data Set reports this figure and we could read it; colleges that leave it blank, or whose file we do not hold, are not listed, so a college missing here may still qualify. Check its financial aid page.

Source: Each college's Common Data Set, section H (linked in the table)

119 colleges

119 colleges

Enter your ZIP to see estimated driving distances and filter by driving miles. It stays in your browser. Colleges near you

CollegeStateNeed met (CDS year)Distance
Oral Roberts UniversityOK100%+ · 2002-03
Amherst CollegeMA100% · 2024-25
Barnard CollegeNY100% · 2025-26
Bates CollegeME100% · 2024-25
Boston CollegeMA100% · 2024-25
Bowdoin CollegeME100% · 2024-25
Brown UniversityRI100% · 2025-26
Bryn Mawr CollegePA100% · 2024-25
California Institute of TechnologyCA100% · 2025-26
Carleton CollegeMN100% · 2025-26
Carnegie Mellon UniversityPA100% · 2024-25
Claremont McKenna CollegeCA100% · 2025-26
Colby CollegeME100% · 2019-20
Colgate UniversityNY100% · 2025-26
College of the Holy CrossMA100% · 2023-24
Colorado CollegeCO100% · 2024-25
Columbia University in the City of New YorkNY100% · 2025-26
Connecticut CollegeCT100% · 2024-25
Cornell UniversityNY100% · 2024-25
Dartmouth CollegeNH100% · 2025-26
Davidson CollegeNC100% · 2025-26
Denison UniversityOH100% · 2025-26
Duke UniversityNC100% · 2025-26
Franklin and Marshall CollegePA100% · 2024-25
Georgetown UniversityDC100% · 2025-26
Grinnell CollegeIA100% · 2024-25
Hamilton CollegeNY100% · 2025-26
Harvard UniversityMA100% · 2025-26
Harvey Mudd CollegeCA100% · 2025-26
Haverford CollegePA100% · 2025-26
Johns Hopkins UniversityMD100% · 2025-26
Kenyon CollegeOH100% · 2025-26
Lafayette CollegePA100% · 2025-26
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMA100% · 2025-26
Middlebury CollegeVT100% · 2025-26
Mount Holyoke CollegeMA100% · 2025-26
Northwestern UniversityIL100% · 2025-26
Oberlin CollegeOH100% · 2025-26
Occidental CollegeCA100% · 2025-26
Pomona CollegeCA100% · 2023-24
Princeton UniversityNJ100% · 2025-26
Reed CollegeOR100% · 2024-25
Rice UniversityTX100% · 2025-26
Scripps CollegeCA100% · 2025-26
Smith CollegeMA100% · 2024-25
Soka University of AmericaCA100% · 2022-23
Stanford UniversityCA100% · 2025-26
Swarthmore CollegePA100% · 2024-25
Trinity CollegeCT100% · 2025-26
Tufts UniversityMA100% · 2025-26
Union CollegeNY100% · 2024-25
University of ChicagoIL100% · 2025-26
University of North Carolina at Chapel HillNC100% · 2024-25
University of Notre DameIN100% · 2025-26
University of PennsylvaniaPA100% · 2025-26
University of Virginia-Main CampusVA100% · 2024-25
Vanderbilt UniversityTN100% · 2025-26
Vassar CollegeNY100% · 2025-26
Washington University in St LouisMO100% · 2025-26
Washington and Lee UniversityVA100% · 2025-26
Wellesley CollegeMA100% · 2025-26
Wesleyan UniversityCT100% · 2025-26
Williams CollegeMA100% · 2024-25
Yale UniversityCT100% · 2025-26
Emory UniversityGA100% · 2025-26
Macalester CollegeMN100% · 2025-26
Wake Forest UniversityNC99% · 2025-26
Pitzer CollegeCA99% · 2024-25
University of RichmondVA99% · 2022-23
College of the AtlanticME99% · 2025-26
Franklin W Olin College of EngineeringMA99% · 2023-24
St Olaf CollegeMN99% · 2025-26
University of Wisconsin-Green BayWI99% · 2025-26
Dickinson CollegePA99% · 2025-26
Case Western Reserve UniversityOH98% · 2025-26
Skidmore CollegeNY98% · 2025-26
University of FloridaFL98% · 2024-25
University of Southern CaliforniaCA97% · 2025-26
Lehigh UniversityPA97% · 2024-25
Whitman CollegeWA97% · 2025-26
Principia CollegeIL96% · 2022-23
University of MiamiFL96% · 2024-25
University of RochesterNY96% · 2025-26
Syracuse UniversityNY95% · 2025-26
Valparaiso UniversityIN95% · 2024-25
Beloit CollegeWI95% · 2024-25
Brandeis UniversityMA94% · 2025-26
Centre CollegeKY94% · 2025-26
Kalamazoo CollegeMI94% · 2022-23
The College of WoosterOH94% · 2025-26
University of Massachusetts-LowellMA94% · 2024-25
Albion CollegeMI93% · 2025-26
Gallaudet UniversityDC93% · 2025-26
Gustavus Adolphus CollegeMN93% · 2024-25
Lawrence UniversityWI93% · 2024-25
Trinity UniversityTX93% · 2024-25
Allegheny CollegePA93% · 2024-25
The University of the SouthTN92% · 2025-26
Lewis & Clark CollegeOR92% · 2025-26
Boston UniversityMA92% · 2025-26
New College of FloridaFL92% · 2022-23
University of Michigan-Ann ArborMI92% · 2025-26
Wabash CollegeIN92% · 2025-26
Westminster CollegeMO92% · 2017-18
Knox CollegeIL92% · 2025-26
Lewis UniversityIL91% · 2025-26
San Jose State UniversityCA91% · 2025-26
University of California-Los AngelesCA91% · 2025-26
Ohio Wesleyan UniversityOH91% · 2024-25
George Washington UniversityDC90% · 2025-26
Providence CollegeRI90% · 2024-25
Austin CollegeTX90% · 2024-25
Clark UniversityMA90% · 2024-25
Gettysburg CollegePA90% · 2025-26
Lake Forest CollegeIL90% · 2025-26
Nicholls State UniversityLA90% · 2009-10
St Lawrence UniversityNY90% · 2025-26
University of RedlandsCA90% · 2021-22
Yeshiva UniversityNY90% · 2023-24

Related lists

Most affordable colleges: lowest net priceLowest net price for families earning $0–30,000Lowest net price for families earning $30,001–48,000Lowest net price for families earning $48,001–75,000Lowest net price for families earning $75,001–110,000Lowest net price for families earning over $110,000Highest-earning graduates: $100,000 or moreHighest-earning graduates: $80,000 or moreAll money lists

For your student

Filter this list for your student

Match by GPA, budget, AP scores and intended major, and track every deadline.

See plans Start now