Seven campuses in the University of California system were among the 30 highest-research institutions with the largest share of first-year Pell Grant recipients. No private nonprofit universities made the top 30.
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| 1. | Georgia State U. | 58.2% | 93.5% |
| 2. | U. of Illinois at Chicago | 55.4% | 82.8% |
| 3. | U. of California at Riverside | 51.9% | 91.1% |
| 4. | Florida International U. | 50.7% | 86.3% |
| 5. | Wayne State U. | 49.8% | 93.4% |
| 6. | U. of Texas at Arlington | 45.0% | 85.1% |
| 7. | U. of California at Irvine | 42.6% | 73.8% |
| 8. | U. of Houston | 40.7% | 86.0% |
| 9. | U. of California at Santa Cruz | 40.5% | 81.6% |
| 10. | U. of Wisconsin at Milwaukee | 39.6% | 85.4% |
| 11. | U. of New Mexico | 38.9% | 95.9% |
| 12. | U. of North Texas | 38.6% | 78.1% |
| 13. | U. of California at Santa Barbara | 38.3% | 71.0% |
| 14. | U. of Alabama at Birmingham | 38.0% | 90.8% |
| 15. | U. of California at Davis | 37.7% | 75.5% |
| 16. | U. at Albany | 37.4% | 78.9% |
| 17. | U. of South Florida | 36.0% | 89.5% |
| 18. | U. of California at San Diego | 33.4% | 63.5% |
| 19. | Washington State U. | 33.0% | 83.8% |
| 20. | U. of Central Florida | 32.8% | 87.3% |
| 21. | Stony Brook U. | 32.3% | 75.6% |
| 22. | U. at Buffalo | 31.0% | 77.3% |
| 23. | U. of Louisville | 30.3% | 97.3% |
| 24. | U. of California at Los Angeles | 30.0% | 64.7% |
| 25. | Temple U. | 29.8% | 91.7% |
| 26. | Virginia Commonwealth U. | 29.6% | 79.0% |
| 27. | Oregon State U. | 29.3% | 81.6% |
| 28. | U. of Tennessee at Knoxville | 29.3% | 93.6% |
| 29. | Rutgers U. at New Brunswick | 28.3% | 68.6% |
| 30. | U. of Texas at Dallas | 28.1% | 81.0% |
| | Median for 114 institutions | 21.1% | 77.2% |
Note: Institutions are ranked by the percentage of full-time first-time undergraduates who received federal Pell Grants, which are awarded on the basis of financial need, in 2014-15. “Any financial aid” includes grants, loans, assistantships, scholarships, fellowships, tuition waivers or discounts, veteran’s benefits, employer aid and other money given by federal, state, local, institutional, or other sources, aside from friends or relatives. Only institutions that are classified as “Doctoral Research Universities: Highest Research Activity” by the 2015 Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education are included in the table.
Source: Chronicle analysis of U.S. Department of Education data