Schools with Financial Aid for International Undergraduate Students
Some USA schools are more likely than others to offer financial aid for international undergraduate students. The lists below indicate which schools offer aid (including grants, loans, and jobs) to the largest numbers of international students. The lists are based on a list originally compiled by Douglas C. Thompson.
To be included in the following lists, the schools must have an average award that is greater than 1/5 of the cost of attendance. The financial aid may include grants, loans, and jobs, and often includes both merit and need-based awards. Within each group, schools are listed in alphabetical order.
(Remember that a much greater number of schools provide financial aid for international graduate students in the form of teaching and research assistantships. For information about financial aid for graduate study in the US, you should contact the schools that interest you even if they aren’t included in the lists below.)
If a school is not listed here, it probably does not have much financial aid for international students. However, it is worth noting that some schools may have athletic scholarships that are open to both international students and USA students. The lists below do not count the number of athletic scholarships awarded to international students.
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Schools with Awards to More than 150 Students
| Arizona State University (AZ) Barry University (FL) Clark Univ. (MA) Eastern Michigan Univ. (MI) Grinnell College (IA) Harding Univ. (AR) Harvard (MA) |
Illinois Inst. of Tech. (IL) Liberty Univ. (VA) Louisiana State Univ. (LA) Macalester College (MN) Marquette Univ. (WI) MIT (MA) Mount Holyoke College (MA) |
Ohio Wesleyan Univ. (OH) Princeton (NJ) SUNY Plattsburgh (NY) Univ. of Bridgeport (CT) Univ. of Houston (TX) Univ. of Pennsylvania (PA) Univ. of South Florida (FL) |
Schools with Awards to 100-149 Students
| Brown Univ. (RI) Calvin College (MI) College of Wooster (OH) Dartmouth (NH) Dordt College (IA) Eckerd College (FL) Florida Inst. of Tech. (FL) Georgia Southern Univ. (GA) |
Graceland College (IA) Luther College (IA) Middlebury College (VT) Northeast Louisiana (LA) Oberlin (OH) Savannah Coll. of Art (GA) Slippery Rock Univ. (PA) Smith College (MA) |
Stanford (CA) Texas Christian Univ. (TX) Tri-State Univ. (IN) Univ. of Miami (FL) Univ. of Rochester (NY) Yale (CT) |
Schools with Awards to 50-99 Students
| Abilene Christian Univ. (TX) Allegheny College (PA) Augsburg College (MN) Beloit College (WI) Bethany College (WV) Brandeis Univ. (MA) Bryn Mawr College (PA) California Lutheran (CA) Cleveland Inst. of Music (OH) Colby College (ME) Columbia Univ. (NY) Concordia Coll. (MN) Cornell Univ. (NY) Denison Univ. (OH) Franklin & Marshall (PA) |
George Wash. Univ. (DC) Goshen College (IN) Houghton College (NY) Ithaca College (NY) Julliard School (NY) Knox College (IL) Lake Forest College (IL) Lawrence Univ. (WI) Lewis & Clark (OR) Lynn Univ. (FL) Maharishi Intl. Univ. (IA) Monmouth College (IL) North Park Univ. (IL) Principia College (IL) Rochester Inst. of Tech. (NY) |
Salem College (NC) St. Augustine’s College (NC) St. Johns College (MD) St. Lawrence Univ. (NY) St. Olaf College (MN) Trinity College (CT) Tulane Univ. (LA) Univ. of Maine (ME) Univ. of Wisc./Eau Clair (WI) US International Univ. (CA) Washington College (MD) Washington Univ. (MO) Wesleyan Univ. (CT) Western Maryland Coll. (MD) Wittenberg Univ. (OH) |
Schools with Awards to 15-49 Students
| Albright College (PA) Amherst College (MA) Augustana College (IL) Bard College (NY) Bates College (ME) Bennington College (VT) Bowdoin College (ME) CalTech (CA) Central College (IA) Coe College (IA) Colgate Univ. (NY) Davidson College (NC) Dickinson College (PA) Earlham College (IN) Eastern Nazarene (MA) Elizabethtown College (PA) |
Elmira College (NY) Gettysburg College (PA) Gustavas Adolphus Coll. (MN) Hamilton College (NY) Hampshire College (MA) Hood College (MD) Johns Hopkins (MD) Kalamazoo College (MI) Kenyon College (OH) Lafayette College (PA) Messiah College (PA) Michigan State Univ. (MI) Mount Union College (OH) Occidental College (CA) Southwestern College (KS) Spalding Univ. (KY) |
Swarthmore College (PA) Taylor Univ. (IN) Thomas Aquinas Coll. (CA) Troy State Univ. (AL) Univ. of Chicago (IL) Univ. of Colorado/Bldr (CO) Univ. of Oregon (OR) Univ. of St. Thomas (MN) Univ. of the South (TN) Vassar College (NY) Wabash College (IN) Wellesley College (MA) West Virginia Wesleyan (WV) William Smith College (NY) Williams College (MA) |