We call these institutions “engines of inequality” because very few students come from working-class and low-income families. Roughly 95 percent of other four-year institutions enroll more first-time, full-time undergraduates who receive Pell Grants, a type of federal financial aid for low-income students. Fewer than 16 percent of students receive Pell Grants at these 113 institutions (based on data from 2012-13). These institutions are mostly selective, wealthy, and private nonprofit universities (93 institutions), but there are a handful public institutions as well (20 institutions). Institutions appear on this year’s list if they: More information on these institutions can be found at College Results Online. Select the points on the map above to see data on enrollment of Pell Grant recipients, or scroll down for a list of schools by state. Auburn University (public): 13% Samford University (private, nonprofit): 14% None None None California Institute of Technology (private, nonprofit): 10.2% California Polytechnic State University–San Luis Obispo (public): 14.4% Claremont McKenna College (private, nonprofit): 11.3% Harvey Mudd College (private, nonprofit): 15.7% King’s University (private, nonprofit): 11.4% Santa Clara University (private, nonprofit): 11.9% Scripps College (private, nonprofit): 12.3% Stanford University (private, nonprofit): 14.1% Pitzer College (private, nonprofit): 14.2% Colorado College (private, nonprofit): 10.2% Colorado School of Mines (public): 15.6% Connecticut College (private, nonprofit): 11.7% Fairfield University (private, nonprofit): 12.9% Quinnipiac University (private, nonprofit): 15.5% Trinity College (private, nonprofit): 10.2% Yale University (private, nonprofit): 12.7% University of Delaware (public): 14% Catholic University of America (private, nonprofit): 11.5% George Washington University (private, nonprofit): 12% Georgetown University (private, nonprofit): 14% None Georgia Institute of Technology–Main Campus (public): 14.4.% None None Northwestern University (private, nonprofit): 14% University of Chicago (private, nonprofit): 11.7% University of Notre Dame (private, nonprofit): 10.8% None None Centre College (private, nonprofit): 15.4% Tulane University of Louisiana (private, nonprofit): 10.1% Bates College (private, nonprofit): 8% Bowdoin College (private, nonprofit): 13.8% Colby College (private, nonprofit): 12.2% Johns Hopkins University (private, nonprofit): 15.5% Loyola University Maryland (private, nonprofit): 15.4% St. Mary’s College of Maryland (public): 12.2% University of Maryland–College Park (public): 14.6% Washington College (private, nonprofit): 14.6% Boston College (private, nonprofit): 14.5% Boston University (private, nonprofit): 15% College of the Holy Cross (private, nonprofit): 15.3% Emerson College (private, nonprofit): 15% Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering (private, nonprofit): 8.6% Hampshire College (private, nonprofit): 14.9% Harvard University (private, nonprofit): 15% Mount Holyoke College (private, nonprofit): 12.7% Northeastern University (private, nonprofit): 15.5% Tufts University (private, nonprofit): 10.1% Worcester Polytechnic Institute (private, nonprofit): 14.4% University of Michigan–Ann Arbor (public): 14.3% Carleton College (private, nonprofit): 11.4% St. Olaf College (private, nonprofit): 14.8% None Washington University in St. Louis (private, nonprofit): 5.2% None None None Dartmouth College (private, nonprofit): 12.2% Saint Anselm College (private, nonprofit): 14.2% Princeton University (private, nonprofit): 13.7% None Colgate University (private, nonprofit): 12% Columbia University in the City of New York (private, nonprofit): 15.1% Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art (private, nonprofit): 14.8% Cornell University (private, nonprofit): 14.7% Jewish Theological Seminary of America (private, nonprofit): 0% The Julliard School (private, nonprofit): 15.7% Manhattan School of Music (private, nonprofit): 14.3% Marist College (private, nonprofit): 13.7% Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (private, nonprofit): 15.3% Sarah Lawrence College (private, nonprofit): 14% Skidmore College (private, nonprofit): 13.5% Union College (private, nonprofit): 13.7% United States Merchant Marine Academy (public): 10.2% Davidson College (private, nonprofit): 12.7% Duke University (private, nonprofit): 13.7% Elon University (private, nonprofit): 7.4% High Point University (private, nonprofit): 10.9% None Kenyon College (private, nonprofit): 10.3% Miami University–Oxford (public): 13% Oberlin College (private, nonprofit): 9.8% University of Dayton (private, nonprofit): 12.2% University of Tulsa (private, nonprofit): 13.2% None Bryn Mawr College (private, nonprofit): 15.6% Bucknell University (private, nonprofit): 10.7% Carnegie Mellon University (private, nonprofit): 13.4% Curtis Institute of Music (private, nonprofit): 10% Dickinson College (private, nonprofit): 11.2% Gettysburg College (private, nonprofit): 14.3% Lafayette College (private, nonprofit): 9.2% Muhlenberg College (private, nonprofit): 9.3% Pennsylvania State University–Main Campus (public): 14.3% Saint Joseph’s University (private, nonprofit): 11.2% Swarthmore College (private, nonprofit): 13.5% University of Pennsylvania (private, nonprofit): 15% University of Pittsburgh–Pittsburgh Campus (public): 15.6% Villanova University (private, nonprofit): 14.1% None Bryant University (private, nonprofit): 15.5% Providence College (private, nonprofit): 14.9% Rhode Island School of Design (private, nonprofit): 15.9% Roger Williams University (private, nonprofit): 12.9% Furman University (private, nonprofit): 13.8% Belmont University (private, nonprofit): 14.8% Rhodes College (private, nonprofit): 14.8% Vanderbilt University (private, nonprofit): 13.3% Southern Methodist University (private, nonprofit): 12.8% Texas Christian University (private, nonprofit): 10.4% None Middlebury College (private, nonprofit): 12.2% Christopher Newport University (public): 15% College of William and Mary (public): 11.1% James Madison University (public): 12.5% University of Mary Washington (public): 14.4% University of Richmond (private, nonprofit): 15.6% University of Virginia–Main Campus (public): 10.9% Virginia Military Institute (public): 12.8% Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (public): 14.9% Washington and Lee University (private, nonprofit): 10.2% Gonzaga University (private, nonprofit): 15.3% Whitman College (private, nonprofit): 9.5% None University of Wisconsin–Madison (public): 13.3%
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