The results are in and the Princeton Review has revealed the list of America’s best colleges for financial aid. What this means is, these colleges have the best financial aid ratings out of more than 600 colleges surveyed, so they were able to meet the financial aid needs of their students better than all others. The top 11 are:
- -Bowdoin College (Brunswick, ME)
- -California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, CA)
- -Claremont McKenna College (Claremont, CA)
- -Harvard College (Cambridge, MA)
- -Lake Forest College (Lake Forest, IL)
- -Princeton University (Princeton, NJ)
- -Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA)
- -Swarthmore College (Swarthmore, PA)
- -Thomas Aquinas College (Santa Paula, CA)
- -Washington University in St. Louis (MO)
- -Williams College (Williamstown, MA)
The Princeton Review also listed schools where financial aid options are “not so great.” The top ten are Pennsylvania State University (University Park, PA), Quinnipiac University (Hamden, CT), New York University (New York, NY), Elon University (Elon, NC), Duquesne University (Pittsburgh, PA), University of Maryland (College Park, MD), Sonoma State University (Rohnert Park, CA), DePaul University (Chicago, IL), Miami University (Oxford, OH), and Grove City College (Grove City, PA). Eleven through 20 include:
- -California State University-Stanislaus (Turlock, CA)
- -Hofstra University (Hempstead, NY)
- -Auburn University (Auburn, AL)
- -Villanova University (Villanova, PA)
- -Spelman College (Atlanta, GA)
- -Howard University (Washington, DC)
- -Washington State University (Pullman, WA)
- -The College of New Jersey (Ewing, NJ)
- -University of Kentucky (Lexington, KY)
- -Westminster College (New Wilmington, PA)
For a full list of the best colleges for financial aid, visit www.PrincetonReview.com.
