Enrolling Needy Students: How the Wealthiest Colleges Rate

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These tables show, in rank order, the proportion of undergraduates who received Pell Grants at the wealthiest public and private colleges — those with endowments of $500-million or more — in 2006-7.

Enrollment and Pell Grant figures are from U.S. Department of Education databases, except when such statistics were reported only on a systemwide basis. In those cases, The Chronicle asked institutions to provide information for their main campuses only. Colleges were selected on the basis of their endowment values as of June 30, 2006, as compiled by the National Association of College and University Business Officers.

For some public universities, endowment data were available only on a systemwide basis; in those cases, enrollment and Pell Grant figures for the flagship institution or the most-selective campus are shown. Some data have been revised from a table published in 2006 by The Chronicle.

Public institutions
Rank	Institution	Undergraduate enrollment, fall 2006	Proportion of undergraduates with Pell Grants
			2006-7	2004-5
1	U. of California at Los Angeles	25,432	35.2%	37.2%
2	Florida State U.	31,347	25.5%	25.9%
3	Rutgers U. at New Brunswick	26,691	24.5%	25.4%
3	U. of Cincinnati, main campus	19,977	24.5%	26.9%
5	U. of Louisville	14,995	22.9%	24.4%
6	U. of Utah	23,983	22.6%	28.0%
7	U. of Oklahoma at Norman	19,573	22.2%	24.4%
8	U. of Texas at Austin	37,037	21.7%	21.4%
9	U. of Florida	35,110	21.6%	23.9%
10	U. of Tennessee at Knoxville	20,619	21.1%	22.6%
11	Texas Tech U.	22,851	20.5%	20.5%
12	U. of Washington, main campus	27,836	20.4%	21.7%
13	U. of Arkansas at Fayetteville	14,350	20.3%	23.7%
14	Washington State U. at Pullman	14,795	19.8%	24.0%
15	U. of Alabama at Tuscaloosa	19,471	19.7%	23.6%
16	Ohio State U., main campus	38,479	19.1%	20.3%
17	U. of Pittsburgh, main campus	17,246	18.7%	20.8%
18	Michigan State U.	35,821	18.4%	18.8%
19	U. of Nebraska at Lincoln	17,371	18.2%	21.5%
Rank	Institution	Undergraduate enrollment, fall 2006	Proportion of undergraduates with Pell Grants
			2006-7	2004-5
20	U. of Minnesota-Twin Cities	32,113	17.4%	18.1%
21	Texas A&M U. at College Station	36,580	17.2%	17.8%
22	Louisiana State U. at Baton Rouge	24,583	16.7%	19.2%
22	U. of Kentucky	19,292	16.7%	19.4%
24	Purdue U. main campus	32,668	16.4%	17.3%
25	U. of Iowa	20,738	16.2%	17.7%
26	U. of Maryland at College Park	25,154	15.6%	16.9%
27	U. of Missouri at Columbia	21,484	15.3%	16.6%
28	U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	31,472	15.1%	16.3%
28	U. of Kansas main campus	20,822	15.1%	15.6%
30	Indiana U. at Bloomington	29,828	15.0%	16.5%
31	Georgia Institute of Technology	12,361	14.4%	14.7%
32	Pennsylvania State U. at University Park	36,612	14.0%	18.0%
33	U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	17,124	13.9%	14.7%
34	U. of Georgia	25,437	13.6%	13.9%
35	U. of Colorado at Boulder	26,363	13.5%	14.5%
36	U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor	25,555	12.2%	13.5%
37	U. of Wisconsin at Madison	29,639	12.0%	13.1%
38	U. of Virginia	14,676	7.5%	7.6%
39	U. of Delaware	16,934	7.3%	9.8%
Private Institutions
Rank	Institution	Undergraduate enrollment, fall 2006	Proportion of undergraduates with Pell Grants
			2006-7	2004-5
1	Berea College	1,576	77.4%	80.8%
2	Smith College	2,634	25.5%	25.9%
3	Rochester Institute of Technology	12,249	24.3%	25.9%
4	Syracuse U.	13,156	18.8%	19.4%
5	Berry College	1,717	18.7%	21.8%
6	Mount Holyoke College	2,149	18.5%	20.5%
7	Baylor U.	11,831	17.4%	18.9%
7	U. of Tulsa	2,882	17.4%	21.9%
9	U. of Miami	10,509	17.1%	19.9%
10	Pepperdine U.	3,061	16.7%	20.8%
11	U. of Southern California	16,729	16.4%	19.4%
12	U. of Rochester	4,904	16.1%	17.5%
13	New York U.	20,965	15.8%	17.9%
14	Drexel U.	12,909	15.7%	17.7%
15	Columbia U.	7,318	15.6%	16.0%
16	Amherst College	1,648	15.2%	13.8%
16	Bryn Mawr College	1,378	15.2%	16.3%
18	Case Western Reserve U.	4,080	15.1%	16.2%
18	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	5,192	15.1%	18.1%
Rank	Institution	Undergraduate enrollment, fall 2006	Proportion of undergraduates with Pell Grants
			2006-7	2004-5
20	Southern Methodist U.	6,296	14.7%	16.1%
20	Tulane U.	6,491	14.7%	16.5%
22	Wellesley College	2,370	14.2%	17.0%
23	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	4,127	14.0%	14.7%
24	Cornell U.	13,562	13.5%	15.5%
25	Williams College	2,033	13.4%	11.3%
26	Dartmouth College	4,085	13.0%	13.6%
27	Stanford U.	6,422	12.6%	13.0%
28	Carnegie Mellon U.	5,548	12.3%	12.4%
29	Emory U.	6,646	12.2%	12.6%
29	Northeastern U.	18,001	12.2%	13.8%
31	Texas Christian U.	7,296	12.1%	13.9%
32	Hamilton College (N.Y.)	1,817	11.8%	12.6%
32	Wesleyan U. (Conn.)	2,813	11.8%	13.1%
34	Brandeis U.	3,304	11.7%	13.2%
34	Saint Louis U.	10,383	11.7%	11.9%
36	Bowdoin College	1,734	11.6%	12.0%
36	Denison U.	2,263	11.6%	12.2%
36	Oberlin College	2,829	11.6%	14.7%
39	Macalester College	1,918	11.5%	12.5%
39	Pomona College	1,545	11.5%	11.5%
Rank	Institution	Undergraduate enrollment, fall 2006	Proportion of undergraduates with Pell Grants
			2006-7	2004-5
39	Swarthmore College	1,484	11.5%	12.0%
39	Vanderbilt U.	6,378	11.5%	11.5%
43	Brown U.	6,010	11.4%	11.5%
43	U. of Chicago	4,807	11.4%	12.2%
45	California Institute of Technology	864	11.3%	16.3%
45	Grinnell College	1,589	11.3%	12.9%
47	Yeshiva U.	2,960	10.9%	12.2%
48	College of the Holy Cross	2,821	10.2%	9.7%
48	Johns Hopkins U.	5,738	10.2%	10.5%
50	Carleton College	1,966	10.1%	10.5%
50	Santa Clara U.	4,613	10.1%	14.9%
52	Rice U.	3,011	9.9%	10.6%
53	Boston U.	18,521	9.7%	11.2%
53	Lehigh U.	4,743	9.7%	10.7%
55	Yale U.	5,332	9.6%	10.4%
56	Boston College	9,880	9.5%	10.3%
56	Duke U.	6,330	9.5%	10.8%
58	Colgate U.	2,782	9.4%	9.7%
58	Georgetown U.	6,853	9.4%	10.4%
60	Tufts U.	4,995	9.3%	10.6%
Rank	Institution	Undergraduate enrollment, fall 2006	Proportion of undergraduates with Pell Grants
			2006-7	2004-5
61	Vassar College	2,423	9.1%	11.2%
62	Middlebury College	2,406	8.9%	9.7%
63	Northwestern U.	9,179	8.8%	9.4%
64	George Washington U.	10,813	8.7%	9.5%
64	Princeton U.	4,790	8.7%	7.5%
66	U. of Notre Dame	8,352	8.6%	9.7%
67	Bucknell U.	3,550	8.5%	10.9%
68	Lafayette College	2,381	8.4%	8.9%
68	U. of Pennsylvania	11,922	8.4%	9.6%
70	Harvard U.	9,968	8.1%	8.1%
70	Trinity U. (Tex.)	2,472	8.1%	10.8%
72	U. of Richmond	3,705	7.4%	6.8%
73	Washington U. in St. Louis	7,386	6.4%	7.0%
74	Wake Forest U.	4,332	6.3%	7.9%
75	Washington and Lee U.	1,753	4.2%	4.3%

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Related article: Wealthy Colleges Show Drop in Enrollments of Needy Students

Public institutions
Rank	Institution	Undergraduate enrollment, fall 2006	Proportion of undergraduates with Pell Grants
			2006-7	2004-5
1	U. of California at Los Angeles	25,432	35.2%	37.2%
2	Florida State U.	31,347	25.5%	25.9%
3	Rutgers U. at New Brunswick	26,691	24.5%	25.4%
3	U. of Cincinnati, main campus	19,977	24.5%	26.9%
5	U. of Louisville	14,995	22.9%	24.4%
6	U. of Utah	23,983	22.6%	28.0%
7	U. of Oklahoma at Norman	19,573	22.2%	24.4%
8	U. of Texas at Austin	37,037	21.7%	21.4%
9	U. of Florida	35,110	21.6%	23.9%
10	U. of Tennessee at Knoxville	20,619	21.1%	22.6%
11	Texas Tech U.	22,851	20.5%	20.5%
12	U. of Washington, main campus	27,836	20.4%	21.7%
13	U. of Arkansas at Fayetteville	14,350	20.3%	23.7%
14	Washington State U. at Pullman	14,795	19.8%	24.0%
15	U. of Alabama at Tuscaloosa	19,471	19.7%	23.6%
16	Ohio State U., main campus	38,479	19.1%	20.3%
17	U. of Pittsburgh, main campus	17,246	18.7%	20.8%
18	Michigan State U.	35,821	18.4%	18.8%
19	U. of Nebraska at Lincoln	17,371	18.2%	21.5%
Rank	Institution	Undergraduate enrollment, fall 2006	Proportion of undergraduates with Pell Grants
			2006-7	2004-5
20	U. of Minnesota-Twin Cities	32,113	17.4%	18.1%
21	Texas A&M U. at College Station	36,580	17.2%	17.8%
22	Louisiana State U. at Baton Rouge	24,583	16.7%	19.2%
22	U. of Kentucky	19,292	16.7%	19.4%
24	Purdue U. main campus	32,668	16.4%	17.3%
25	U. of Iowa	20,738	16.2%	17.7%
26	U. of Maryland at College Park	25,154	15.6%	16.9%
27	U. of Missouri at Columbia	21,484	15.3%	16.6%
28	U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	31,472	15.1%	16.3%
28	U. of Kansas main campus	20,822	15.1%	15.6%
30	Indiana U. at Bloomington	29,828	15.0%	16.5%
31	Georgia Institute of Technology	12,361	14.4%	14.7%
32	Pennsylvania State U. at University Park	36,612	14.0%	18.0%
33	U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	17,124	13.9%	14.7%
34	U. of Georgia	25,437	13.6%	13.9%
35	U. of Colorado at Boulder	26,363	13.5%	14.5%
36	U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor	25,555	12.2%	13.5%
37	U. of Wisconsin at Madison	29,639	12.0%	13.1%
38	U. of Virginia	14,676	7.5%	7.6%
39	U. of Delaware	16,934	7.3%	9.8%
Private Institutions
Rank	Institution	Undergraduate enrollment, fall 2006	Proportion of undergraduates with Pell Grants
			2006-7	2004-5
1	Berea College	1,576	77.4%	80.8%
2	Smith College	2,634	25.5%	25.9%
3	Rochester Institute of Technology	12,249	24.3%	25.9%
4	Syracuse U.	13,156	18.8%	19.4%
5	Berry College	1,717	18.7%	21.8%
6	Mount Holyoke College	2,149	18.5%	20.5%
7	Baylor U.	11,831	17.4%	18.9%
7	U. of Tulsa	2,882	17.4%	21.9%
9	U. of Miami	10,509	17.1%	19.9%
10	Pepperdine U.	3,061	16.7%	20.8%
11	U. of Southern California	16,729	16.4%	19.4%
12	U. of Rochester	4,904	16.1%	17.5%
13	New York U.	20,965	15.8%	17.9%
14	Drexel U.	12,909	15.7%	17.7%
15	Columbia U.	7,318	15.6%	16.0%
16	Amherst College	1,648	15.2%	13.8%
16	Bryn Mawr College	1,378	15.2%	16.3%
18	Case Western Reserve U.	4,080	15.1%	16.2%
18	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	5,192	15.1%	18.1%
Rank	Institution	Undergraduate enrollment, fall 2006	Proportion of undergraduates with Pell Grants
			2006-7	2004-5
20	Southern Methodist U.	6,296	14.7%	16.1%
20	Tulane U.	6,491	14.7%	16.5%
22	Wellesley College	2,370	14.2%	17.0%
23	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	4,127	14.0%	14.7%
24	Cornell U.	13,562	13.5%	15.5%
25	Williams College	2,033	13.4%	11.3%
26	Dartmouth College	4,085	13.0%	13.6%
27	Stanford U.	6,422	12.6%	13.0%
28	Carnegie Mellon U.	5,548	12.3%	12.4%
29	Emory U.	6,646	12.2%	12.6%
29	Northeastern U.	18,001	12.2%	13.8%
31	Texas Christian U.	7,296	12.1%	13.9%
32	Hamilton College (N.Y.)	1,817	11.8%	12.6%
32	Wesleyan U. (Conn.)	2,813	11.8%	13.1%
34	Brandeis U.	3,304	11.7%	13.2%
34	Saint Louis U.	10,383	11.7%	11.9%
36	Bowdoin College	1,734	11.6%	12.0%
36	Denison U.	2,263	11.6%	12.2%
36	Oberlin College	2,829	11.6%	14.7%
39	Macalester College	1,918	11.5%	12.5%
39	Pomona College	1,545	11.5%	11.5%
Rank	Institution	Undergraduate enrollment, fall 2006	Proportion of undergraduates with Pell Grants
			2006-7	2004-5
39	Swarthmore College	1,484	11.5%	12.0%
39	Vanderbilt U.	6,378	11.5%	11.5%
43	Brown U.	6,010	11.4%	11.5%
43	U. of Chicago	4,807	11.4%	12.2%
45	California Institute of Technology	864	11.3%	16.3%
45	Grinnell College	1,589	11.3%	12.9%
47	Yeshiva U.	2,960	10.9%	12.2%
48	College of the Holy Cross	2,821	10.2%	9.7%
48	Johns Hopkins U.	5,738	10.2%	10.5%
50	Carleton College	1,966	10.1%	10.5%
50	Santa Clara U.	4,613	10.1%	14.9%
52	Rice U.	3,011	9.9%	10.6%
53	Boston U.	18,521	9.7%	11.2%
53	Lehigh U.	4,743	9.7%	10.7%
55	Yale U.	5,332	9.6%	10.4%
56	Boston College	9,880	9.5%	10.3%
56	Duke U.	6,330	9.5%	10.8%
58	Colgate U.	2,782	9.4%	9.7%
58	Georgetown U.	6,853	9.4%	10.4%
60	Tufts U.	4,995	9.3%	10.6%
Rank	Institution	Undergraduate enrollment, fall 2006	Proportion of undergraduates with Pell Grants
			2006-7	2004-5
61	Vassar College	2,423	9.1%	11.2%
62	Middlebury College	2,406	8.9%	9.7%
63	Northwestern U.	9,179	8.8%	9.4%
64	George Washington U.	10,813	8.7%	9.5%
64	Princeton U.	4,790	8.7%	7.5%
66	U. of Notre Dame	8,352	8.6%	9.7%
67	Bucknell U.	3,550	8.5%	10.9%
68	Lafayette College	2,381	8.4%	8.9%
68	U. of Pennsylvania	11,922	8.4%	9.6%
70	Harvard U.	9,968	8.1%	8.1%
70	Trinity U. (Tex.)	2,472	8.1%	10.8%
72	U. of Richmond	3,705	7.4%	6.8%
73	Washington U. in St. Louis	7,386	6.4%	7.0%
74	Wake Forest U.	4,332	6.3%	7.9%
75	Washington and Lee U.	1,753	4.2%	4.3%

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