Wealthy Universities Making an Effort to Enroll Needy Students
These big-money schools enroll the most students with Pell grants, a form of government aid awarded to families earning less than $40,000 per year. It means their student body is economically diverse.
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Public Institutions
- University of Nebraska -- Lincoln: 18.2%
(Lincoln, NE)
- Michigan State University: 18.4%
(East Lansing, MI)
- University of Pittsburgh: 18.7%
(Pittsburgh, PA)
- Ohio State University -- Columbus: 19.1%
(Columbus, OH)
- University of Alabama: 19.7%
(Tuscaloosa, AL)
- Washington State University: 19.8%
(Pullman, WA)
- University of Arkansas: 20.3%
(Fayetteville, AR)
- University of Washington: 20.4%
(Seattle, WA)
- Texas Tech University: 20.5%
(Lubbock, TX)
- University of Tennessee: 21.1%
(Knoxville, TN)
- University of Florida: 21.6%
(Gainesville, FL)
- University of Texas -- Austin: 21.7%
(Austin, TX)
- University of Oklahoma: 22.2%
(Norman, OK)
- University of Utah: 22.6%
(Salt Lake City, UT)
- University of Louisville: 22.9%
(Louisville, KY)
- Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey -- New Brunswick: 24.5%
(Piscataway, NJ)
- University of Cincinnati: 24.5%
(Cincinnati, OH)
- Florida State University: 25.5%
(Tallahassee, FL)
- University of California -- Los Angeles: 35.2%
(Los Angeles, CA)
Private Institutions
- Case Western Reserve University: 15.1%
(Cleveland, OH)
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: 15.1%
(Troy, NY)
- Amherst College: 15.2%
(Amherst, MA)
- Bryn Mawr College: 15.2%
(Bryn Mawr, PA)
- Columbia University: 15.6%
(New York, NY)
- Drexel University: 15.7%
(Philadelphia, PA)
- New York University: 15.8%
(New York, NY)
- University of Rochester: 16.1%
(Rochester, NY)
- University of Southern California: 16.4%
(Los Angeles, CA)
- Pepperdine University: 16.7%
(Malibu, CA)
- University of Miami: 17.1%
(Coral Gables, FL)
- Baylor University: 17.4%
(Waco, TX)
- University of Tulsa: 17.4%
(Tulsa, OK)
- Mount Holyoke College: 18.5%
(South Hadley, MA)
- Berry College: 18.7%
(Mount Berry, GA)
- Syracuse University: 18.8%
(Syracuse, NY)
- Rochester Institute of Technology: 24.3%
(Rochester, NY)
- Smith College: 25.5%
(Northampton, MA)
- Berea College: 77.4%
(Berea, KY)
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education, Volume 54, Issue 34, May 2, 2008. Reprinted with permission.
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