A number of U.S. institutions of higher learning both offer need-blind admissions, and meet the full demonstrated need for all students, but are need-aware when it comes to international student admissions. However, all admitted students will have their demonstrated need met, although in some colleges, primarily public colleges, such aid may only be offered for students who either require financial aid or are under specific geographical demographics. For instance,
College of William & Mary and
University of Michigan are public research universities that meet the full need of qualifying in-state students (residents of Virginia and Michigan, respectively) but don't meet the full need of out-of-state or international students. The following schools fall into this category: •
Antioch College (only students who qualify for the Pell Grant have the full need met) •
Babson College (need-blind for Canadian students as well) •
Barnard College (need-aware for transfer students) •
Berea College (tuition-free for all students; need-based aid, family EFC, and work-study will cover other costs) •
Boston College •
California Institute of Technology •
Carnegie Mellon University •
Claremont McKenna College •
College of William & Mary (only in-state students have the full need met; out-of-state students get only up to 25% of the cost covered) •
Columbia University (only Columbia College and Columbia School of Engineering students have the full need met; General Studies students are not guaranteed aid) •
Cornell University •
Davidson College •
Denison University •
Duke University •
Elon University (Odyssey Scholars only) •
Georgetown University (need-blind for all students but doesn't guarantee meeting full need for international students) •
Georgia Institute of Technology (typically, only low-income in-state students have the full need met; entering freshmen from specific counties of South Carolina, Florida, North Carolina, or Tennessee with SAT scores higher than 1500 may be interviewed for the Godbold Family Foundation Scholarship, which would cover 100% of their financial need) •
Grinnell College •
Hamilton College (need-aware for transfer students) •
Harvey Mudd College •
Johns Hopkins University •
Lehigh University (need-aware for waitlisted students) •
List College •
Middlebury College (need-aware for transfer students) •
Northwestern University (does not offer financial aid to international transfer applicants who are not U.S. citizens or eligible non-citizens) •
New York University •
Olin College •
Pomona College •
Purdue University (in-state students below an income level additionally qualify for the 21st Century Scholarship, which covers up to full tuition) •
Rice University •
Santa Clara University (only first-year students receiving Cal Grants or those who graduated from the national Cristo Rey Network high schools have the full need met) •
Soka University of America •
Stanford University •
Swarthmore College •
Tulane University (only in-state first-year students below an income threshold have the full need met) •
University of California, Los Angeles (only in-state students have the full need met; out-of-state students don't receive financial aid) •
University of Chicago •
University of Delaware (only in-state students have the full need met) •
University of Florida (only in-state students have the full need met) •
University of Georgia (through
HOPE and other scholarships) •
University of Michigan (need-blind for in-state students only; only in-state students have the full need met) •
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill •
University of Pennsylvania (need-blind for Mexican and Canadian students as well) •
University of Richmond (need-aware for transfer students) •
University of Southern California •
University of Virginia •
University of Wisconsin–Madison (only in-state students who qualify for the Pell Grant have the full need met) •
Vanderbilt University (need-aware for waitlisted students) •
Vassar College (need-aware for transfer students) •
Washington University in St. Louis (need-aware for transfer students) •
Wellesley College •
Whitman College •
Williams College ==Need-aware schools that meet needs of admitted students==