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U.S. institutions that are need-blind and meet full demonstrated need for both U.S. and international students[edit]
There are currently only seven U.S. higher learning institutions that are need-blind and meet full demonstrated need for all applicants, including international students.[2]These are:
- Amherst College[3]
- Curtis Institute of Music
- Harvard University
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology[4]
- Minerva Schools at KGI
- Princeton University[5]
- Yale University[6]
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U.S. institutions that are need-blind for U.S. applicants and meet full demonstrated need[edit]
A number of U.S. institutions of higher learning both offer need-blind admissions and meet the full demonstrated need for all domestic students, but are need-aware when it comes to international student admissions. However, all admitted students will have their demonstrated need met. The following schools fall into this category:
- Barnard College (need-aware for transfer students)[7]
- Boston College
- Bowdoin College (need-aware for transfer students)[8]
- Brown University (need-aware for transfer students)[9]
- California Institute of Technology
- Claremont McKenna College
- Columbia University[10]
- Cornell University[11][failed verification]
- Dartmouth College
- Davidson College
- Denison University[12]
- Duke University[13]
- Georgetown University [14]
- Grinnell College[15]
- Hamilton College[16]
- Harvey Mudd College[17]
- Johns Hopkins University[18]
- Middlebury College
- Northwestern University
- Olin College[19]
- Pomona College
- Rice University[20]
- Soka University of America[21]
- Stanford University
- Swarthmore College
- University of Chicago
- University of Michigan (in-state students only)
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill[22]
- University of Notre Dame
- University of Pennsylvania (also for Mexican and Canadian applicants [23])
- University of Richmond[24] (need-aware for transfer students)
- University of Southern California[25]
- University of Virginia[26]
- Vanderbilt University
- Vassar College[27][28]
- Wellesley College
- Williams College
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U.S. institutions that are not need-blind for U.S. applicants and meet full demonstrated need[edit]
Many reputable US institutions that once championed "need-blind" policies in the past have modified their policies due to rising tuition and financial aid costs, as well as less-than-ideal returns on endowments. This largely affects prestigious institutions with vulnerable resources that do not offer merit-based aid but base their financial aid entirely on need and promise to deliver 100% of financial need (composed mostly of grants). These stated institutions refer to themselves as "need-aware" or "need-sensitive," policies that somewhat contradict their call to admit and provide education for all qualified candidates regardless of economic status but allow them to fully fund the needs of all accepted students.[29]
For instance, at Macalester College, Mount Holyoke College and Smith College, at least 95% of students are admitted without their financial aid need being a factor (i.e., "need-blind"), but a slim percentage (1%–5%), generally students wait-listed or with borderline qualifications, are reviewed in modest consideration of the college's projected financial resources. All of these aforementioned colleges grant all admitted students full financial aid packages meeting 100% need.[30] At Wesleyan University, attempted shifts to a "need-aware" admission policy have resulted in protests by the school's student body.[31]
- Bates College
- Boston University[32]
- Bryn Mawr College
- Carleton College
- Case Western Reserve University
- Colby College
- Colgate University
- Colorado College
- Connecticut College[33]
- Franklin and Marshall College
- Haverford College[34]
- Kenyon College
- Lafayette College[35]
- Lehigh University (need-aware for waitlisted applicants)[36][37]
- Macalester College
- Mount Holyoke College
- Oberlin College
- Occidental College
- Pitzer College
- Reed College
- Scripps College
- Skidmore College[38]
- Smith College
- Thomas Aquinas College
- Trinity College
- Tufts University[39]
- Union College
- Washington University in St. Louis
- Wesleyan University
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U.S. institutions that are need-blind for U.S. applicants and do not meet full demonstrated need[edit]
Some schools have a need-blind admissions policy, but do not guarantee to meet the full demonstrated financial need of the students they admit. The following schools fall under this category:
- Babson College (meets 97% of demonstrated need on average)[40]
- Baylor University (meets 65% of demonstrated need on average)
- Bucknell University (meets 91% of demonstrated need on average)[41][42]
- Carnegie Mellon University (meets 85% of demonstrated need on average)
- Cooper Union (everyone gets half tuition) [43]
- Denison University (meets 90% of demonstrated need on average)
- Earlham College
- Fordham University
- Hampshire College
- Ithaca College
- New York University (meets 60% of demonstrated need on average)
- Saint Louis University
- Santa Clara University
- Southern Methodist University (meets 85% of demonstrated need on average)
- St. John's College (Annapolis/Santa Fe)[44]
- St. John's University
- St. Lawrence University
- Syracuse University (meets 93% of demonstrated need on average)
- Texas Christian University (meets 66% of demonstrated need on average)
- University of Miami (meets 89% of demonstrated need on average)
- University of San Diego (meets 71% of demonstrated need on average)
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U.S. institutions that are need-sensitive and do not meet full demonstrated need[edit]
The following institutions are need-aware and do not meet full need for the students they admit:
- Abilene Christian University
- Agnes Scott College
- American University
- Auburn University
- Bard College
- Beloit College
- Bennington College
- Berklee College of Music
- Berry College
- Bradley University
- Brandeis University
- The Catholic University of America
- Centre College
- Clark University
- Clemson University
- College of Wooster
- Creighton University
- DePaul University
- DePauw University
- Dickinson College (meets 99% of need)[45]
- Drexel University
- Fairfield University
- Furman University
- George Washington University
- Gettysburg College
- Hampton University
- Hofstra University
- Howard University
- Johnson & Wales University
- Loma Linda University
- Loyola Marymount University
- Loyola University New Orleans
- Loyola University Chicago
- Marquette University
- Northeastern University
- The New School
- Pepperdine University
- Quinnipiac University
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Rhode Island School of Design
- Rhodes College (meets 93% of need)
- Rochester Institute of Technology
- Rollins College
- Sarah Lawrence College
- Seton Hall University
- Southwestern University
- Spelman College
- St. Olaf College (meets 98% of need)[46]
- Trinity University (meets 93% of need)
- University of Dayton
- University of Denver
- University of Puget Sound
- University of Rochester (meets 95% of need with the exception of students who are in their senior year, for which financial aid is curtailed significantly despite slim changes in family financial situation)[47]
- University of San Francisco
- University of California, San Diego
- University of St. Thomas
- Sewanee: The University of the South
- University of Tulsa
- Villanova University
- Wabash College
- Wheaton College
- Whitman College (meets 93% of need)
- Willamette University
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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