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Selective Colleges that Meet 100% of Financial Need

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If you are interested in applying to a selective college and are worried about the possibility of a high tuition price, there is no need to worry. Many selective schools provide financial help to ensure students can realistically cover the cost of tuition.

Schools that meet 100% need have financial aid options to offset the full price of tuition. This means that the school will offer aid to fill in the difference between a student’s Expected Family Contribution, which is determined by a variety of factors including income, and the school’s cost of attendance. ​

Colleges can meet full financial need by offering grants, loans, and job opportunities.

Here is a list of selective schools that meet 100% of financial need.

Lafayette College

  • Lafayette College
    Easton, PA • 4-Year, Private
    In-State
    $61,990
    Out-of-State
    $61,990
    Acceptance Rate34%

    • The average financial aid package for a full-time, first-year student at Lafayette College is around $35,000 a year. In the most recent year 816 of the 2,514 undergrads enrolled at Lafayette received financial aid.

    Kenyon College

  • Kenyon College
    Gambier, OH • 4-Year, Private
    In-State
    $69,330
    Out-of-State
    $69,330
    Acceptance Rate34%

    • At Kenyon College, the average financial aid package for a full-time, first-year student is around $43,914 a year. In 2021, 776 of the 1,617 undergrads enrolled at Kenyon received financial aid.

    Middlebury College

  • Middlebury College
    Middlebury, VT • 4-Year, Private
    In-State
    Unknown
    Out-of-State
    Unknown
    Acceptance Rate13%

    • The average financial aid package for a student at Middlebury College is around $55,069 a year. At Middlebury, over half of enrolled undergrads use financial aid to help pay for school.

    Washington and Lee University

  • Washington and Lee University
    Lexington, VA • 4-Year, Private
    In-State
    $64,525
    Out-of-State
    $64,525
    Acceptance Rate17%

    • At Washington and Lee, the average financial aid package for a full-time, first-year student is around $59,667 a year. In 2021, 825 of the 1,822 undergrads received financial aid.

    Oberlin College

  • Oberlin College
    Oberlin, OH • 4-Year, Private
    In-State
    $64,596
    Out-of-State
    $64,596
    Acceptance Rate35%

    • At Oberlin College the average financial aid package for a full-time, first-year student is around $47,452 a year. In the most recent academic year, 1,405 of the 2,647 undergrads enrolled at Oberlin received financial aid.

    Colgate University

  • Colgate University
    Hamilton, NY • 4-Year, Private
    In-State
    $67,024
    Out-of-State
    $67,024
    Acceptance Rate12%

    • The average financial aid package for a student at Colgate University is around $62,415 a year. In 2021, 975 of the 3,042 undergrads at Colgate University received financial aid.

    Hamilton College

  • Hamilton College
    Clinton, NY • 4-Year, Private
    In-State
    $65,740
    Out-of-State
    $65,740
    Acceptance Rate12%

    • The average financial aid package for a student at Hamilton College is around $53,018 a year. In 2021, 1,000 of the 1,900 undergrads enrolled at Hamilton College received financial aid.

    Carleton College

  • Carleton College
    Northfield, MN • 4-Year, Private
    In-State
    $65,457
    Out-of-State
    $65,457
    Acceptance Rate17%

    • The average financial aid package for a full-time, first-year student is around $54,854 a year at Carleton College. In 2021, 1,158 of the 1,940 undergrads enrolled at Carleton College used financial aid to finance their education.

    Mount Holyoke College

  • Mount Holyoke College
    South Hadley, MA • 4-Year, Private
    In-State
    $64,142
    Out-of-State
    $64,142
    Acceptance Rate40%

    • At Mount Holyoke College, the average financial aid package for a full-time, first-year student is around $42,815 a year. In 2021, 1,315 of the 1,915 undergrads at Mount Holyoke received financial aid.

    Smith College

  • Smith College
    Northampton, MA • 4-Year, Private
    In-State
    Unknown
    Out-of-State
    Unknown
    Acceptance Rate23%

    • The average financial aid package for a student at Smith University is around $40,765 a year. In 2021, well over half of the undergraduate students at Smith used financial aid to to cover the cost of tuition.

    Williams College

  • Williams College
    Williamstown, MA • 4-Year, Private
    In-State
    $64,860
    Out-of-State
    $64,860
    Acceptance Rate8%

    • The average financial aid package for a full-time, first-year student at Williams College is around $51,972 a year. In the most recent academic year, 1,032 of 1,962 undergrads enrolled at Williams received financial aid.

    Grinnell College

  • Grinnell College
    Grinnell, IA • 4-Year, Private
    In-State
    $64,862
    Out-of-State
    $64,862
    Acceptance Rate11%

    • The average financial aid package for a full-time, first-year student at Grinnell College is around $49,436 a year. Over half of the undergrad students at Grinnell College use financial aid to to cover the cost of tuition.

    Connecticut College

  • Connecticut College
    New London, CT • 4-Year, Private
    In-State
    Unknown
    Out-of-State
    Unknown
    Acceptance Rate40%

    • At Connecticut College the average financial aid package for a full-time, first-year student is around $46,902 a year. In 2021, 927 of the 1,737 undergrads enrolled at Connecticut College received financial aid.

    University of Virginia

  • University of Virginia
    Charlottesville, VA • 4-Year, Public
    In-State
    $21,381
    Out-of-State
    $56,837
    Acceptance Rate21%

    • The average financial aid package for a full-time, first-year student at The University of Virginia is around $29,925 a year. In 2021, 5,827 of the 17,311 undergrads enrolled received financial aid.

    University of Richmond

  • University of Richmond
    University of Richmond, VA • 4-Year, Private
    In-State
    $62,600
    Out-of-State
    $62,600
    Acceptance Rate24%

    • At The University of Richmond the average financial aid package for a full-time, first-year student is around $53,629 a year. In the most recent academic year, over half of Richmond undergrads used financial aid to to cover the cost of tuition.

    Haverford College

  • Haverford College
    Haverford, PA • 4-Year, Private
    In-State
    $68,020
    Out-of-State
    $68,020
    Acceptance Rate14%

    • The average financial aid package for a student at Haverford College is around $55,852 a year. In 2021, 589 of the 1,307 undergrads enrolled at Haverford received financial aid.

    Bryn Mawr College

  • Bryn Mawr College
    Bryn Mawr, PA • 4-Year, Private
    In-State
    $58,940
    Out-of-State
    $58,940
    Acceptance Rate39%

    • The average financial aid package for a full-time, first-year student is around $52,557 a year.

    Franklin & Marshall College

  • Franklin & Marshall College
    Lancaster, PA • 4-Year, Private
    In-State
    Unknown
    Out-of-State
    Unknown
    Acceptance Rate36%

    • The average financial aid package for a full-time, first-year student at Franklin & Marshall College is around $58,315 a year. Most recently, 1,286 of the 2,254 undergrads enrolled received financial aid.

    Denison University

  • Denison University
    Granville, OH • 4-Year, Private
    In-State
    $61,426
    Out-of-State
    $61,426
    Acceptance Rate26%

    • At Denison University, the average financial aid package for a full-time, first-year student is around $47,449 a year. In the most recent academic year 1,131 of the 2,258 undergrads enrolled received financial aid.

    Vassar College

  • Vassar College
    Poughkeepsie, NY • 4-Year, Private
    In-State
    $67,805
    Out-of-State
    $67,805
    Acceptance Rate19%

    • The average financial aid package for a full-time, first-year student at Vassar is around $55,995 a year. Just over half of Vassar undergrads use financial aid to to cover the cost of tuition.

    The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  • The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Chapel Hill, NC • 4-Year, Public
    In-State
    $8,998
    Out-of-State
    $39,338
    Acceptance Rate17%

    • At UNC Chapel Hill, the average financial aid package for a full-time, first-year student is around $17,600 a year. In 2021, 8,369 of the 19,399 undergrads enrolled received financial aid.

    Wake Forest University

  • Wake Forest University
    Winston-Salem, NC • 4-Year, Private
    In-State
    $64,758
    Out-of-State
    $64,758
    Acceptance Rate25%

    • The average financial aid package for a Wake Forest student is around $58,372 a year. In 2021, 1,467 of the 5,441 undergrads enrolled at Woke Forest received financial aid.

    Tufts University

  • Tufts University
    Medford, MA • 4-Year, Private
    In-State
    $67,844
    Out-of-State
    $67,844
    Acceptance Rate10%

    • At Tufts, the average financial aid package for a full-time, first-year student is around $50,302 a year. In 2021, 2,200 of the 6,114 undergrads enrolled at Tufts received financial aid.

    Wellesley College

  • Wellesley College
    Wellesley, MA • 4-Year, Private
    In-State
    $64,320
    Out-of-State
    $64,320
    Acceptance Rate14%

    • The average financial aid package for a full-time, first-year students at Wellesley is around $59,632 a year. In the most recent academic year over half of enrolled undergrads at Wellesley received financial aid.

    Boston College

  • Boston College
    Chestnut Hill, MA • 4-Year, Private
    In-State
    $68,330
    Out-of-State
    $68,330
    Acceptance Rate17%

    • At Boston College the average financial aid package is around $46,417 a year. In 2021, 3,955 of the 9,445 undergrads enrolled at Boston College received financial aid.

    College of the Holy Cross

  • College of the Holy Cross
    Worcester, MA • 4-Year, Private
    In-State
    $60,850
    Out-of-State
    $60,850
    Acceptance Rate36%

    • The average financial aid package for a full-time, first-year student at Holy Cross is around $44,288 a year. In 2021, over half of undergraduate students at Holy Cross received financial aid.

    University of Notre Dame

  • University of Notre Dame
    Notre Dame, IN • 4-Year, Private
    In-State
    $62,693
    Out-of-State
    $62,693
    Acceptance Rate13%

    • At Notre Dame, the average financial aid package is around $55,639 a year. Around half of undergrads at Notre Dame use financial aid to finance their education.

    Wesleyan University

  • Wesleyan University
    Middletown, CT • 4-Year, Private
    In-State
    $67,016
    Out-of-State
    $67,016
    Acceptance Rate14%

    • The average financial aid package for full-time, first-year students at Wesleyan is around $63,036 a year. In 2021 nearly half of Wesleyan undergrads received financial aid.

    Harvey Mudd College

  • Harvey Mudd College
    Claremont, CA • 4-Year, Private
    In-State
    $66,255
    Out-of-State
    $66,255
    Acceptance Rate13%

    • At Harvey Mudd, the average financial aid package for a full-time, first-year student is around $51,118 a year. Most recently, 442 of the 854 Harvey Mudd undergrads received financial aid.

    Reed College

  • Reed College
    Portland, OR • 4-Year, Private
    In-State
    $67,020
    Out-of-State
    $67,020
    Acceptance Rate31%

    • For first-year students at Reed College, the average financial aid package is around $48,044 a year. Over half of undergrad students at the college received financial aid in the most recent academic year.

    Union College

  • Union College
    Schenectady, NY • 4-Year, Private
    In-State
    $66,456
    Out-of-State
    $66,456
    Acceptance Rate47%

    • At Union College, the average financial aid package for a full-time, first-year student is around $48,910 a year. In the most recent year, over half of undergraduate students at Union College received financial aid.

    Washington University in St. Louis

  • Washington University in St. Louis
    St. Louis, MO • 4-Year, Private
    In-State
    $62,982
    Out-of-State
    $62,982
    Acceptance Rate11%

    • At Washington University in St. Louis, the average financial aid package for a full-time, first-year student is around $55,624 a year. In the most recent year, 2,951 of the 7,653 undergrads enrolled received financial aid.

    Georgetown University

  • Georgetown University
    Washington, DC • 4-Year, Private
    In-State
    $65,076
    Out-of-State
    $65,076
    Acceptance Rate12%

    • The average financial aid package for a full-time, first-year student at Georgetown is around $42,920 a year. In 2021, 2,456 of the 7,357 Georgetown undergraduate students received financial aid.

    Trinity College

  • Trinity College
    Hartford, CT • 4-Year, Private
    In-State
    $67,420
    Out-of-State
    $67,420
    Acceptance Rate36%

    • The average financial aid package for a full-time, first-year student is around $50,612 a year at Trinity College. In the most recent year, over half of enrolled undergrads at Trinity received financial aid.

    Occidental College

  • Occidental College
    Los Angeles, CA • 4-Year, Private
    In-State
    $63,446
    Out-of-State
    $63,446
    Acceptance Rate39%

    • At Occidental College, the average financial aid package for a full-time, first-year student is around $52,300 a year. In 2021, 1,158 of 1,839 Occidental undergrads received financial aid.

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