Lists and Rankings

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 (Lincoln, NE): 18.2%
• Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI): 18.4%
• University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA): 18.7%
• Ohio State University — Columbus (Columbus, OH): 19.1%
• The University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL): 19.7%
• Washington State University (Pullman, WA): 19.8%
• University of Arkansas (Fayetteville, AR): 20.3%
• University of Washington, Seattle (Seattle, WA): 20.4%
• Texas Tech University (Lubbock, TX): 20.5%
• University of Tennessee at Knoxville (Knoxville, TN): 21.1%
• University of Florida (Gainesville, FL): 21.6%
• The University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX): 21.7%
• University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK): 22.2%
• The University of Utah (Salt Lake City, UT): 22.6%
• University of Louisville (Louisville, KY): 22.9%
• Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey — New Brunswick (Piscataway, NJ): 24.5%
• University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, OH): 24.5%
• The Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL): 25.5%
• University of California — Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA): 35.2%

Private Institutions

• Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, OH): 15.1%
• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY): 15.1%
• Amherst College (Amherst, MA): 15.2%
• Bryn Mawr College (Bryn Mawr, PA): 15.2%
• Columbia University (New York, NY): 15.6%
• Drexel University (Philadelphia, PA): 15.7%
• New York University (New York, NY): 15.8%
• University of Rochester (Rochester, NY): 16.1%
• University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA): 16.4%
• Pepperdine University (Malibu, CA): 16.7%
• University of Miami (Coral Gables, FL): 17.1%
• Baylor University (Waco, TX): 17.4%
• The University of Tulsa (Tulsa, OK): 17.4%
• Mount Holyoke College (South Hadley, MA): 18.5%
• Berry College (Mount Berry, GA): 18.7%
• Syracuse University (Syracuse, NY): 18.8%
• Rochester Institute of Technology (Rochester, NY): 24.3%
• Smith College (Northampton, MA): 25.5%
• Berea College (Berea, KY): 77.4%

Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education, Volume 54, Issue 34, May 2, 2008. Reprinted with permission.