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Every college in our catalog with a pathway that covers tuition, housing and food, ranked by how low the bar is: the grades and scores it asks for, how hard the school is to get into, and any extra conditions like income or residency.
- 1
Michigan State University
Spartan Advantage·East Lansing, MI·83% admit rate
Family income under $65kMI resident- GPA
- Any
- SAT
- Any
- 2
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Hawaii Promise·Honolulu, HI·72% admit rate
Family income under $65kHI resident- GPA
- Any
- SAT
- Any
- 3
Virginia Tech
Presidential Campus Enrichment Grant·Blacksburg, VA·57% admit rate
Family income under $65kVA resident- GPA
- Any
- SAT
- Any
- 4
Purdue University
Purdue Promise·West Lafayette, IN·50% admit rate
Family income under $65kIN resident- GPA
- Any
- SAT
- Any
- 5
Smith College
Smith Grant·Northampton, MA·23% admit rate
Family income under $65k- GPA
- Any
- SAT
- Any
- 6
Vassar College
Vassar Need-Blind Aid·Poughkeepsie, NY·19% admit rate
Family income under $65k- GPA
- Any
- SAT
- Any
- 7
Davidson College
The Davidson Trust·Davidson, NC·17% admit rate
Family income under $75k- GPA
- Any
- SAT
- Any
- 8
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Carolina Covenant·Chapel Hill, NC·17% admit rate
Family income under $65k- GPA
- Any
- SAT
- Any
- 9
Emory University
Emory Advantage·Atlanta, GA·16% admit rate
Family income under $75k- GPA
- Any
- SAT
- Any
- 10
Washington University in St. Louis
WashU Pledge·St. Louis, MO·12% admit rate
Family income under $75k- GPA
- Any
- SAT
- Any
- 11
College of the Ozarks
Hard Work U Tuition Waiver·Point Lookout, MO·12% admit rate
Family income under $65kCampus job required- GPA
- Any
- SAT
- Any
- 12
Georgetown University
Georgetown Scholarship Program·Washington, DC·12% admit rate
Family income under $75k- GPA
- Any
- SAT
- Any
- 13
Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon Need-Based Grant·Pittsburgh, PA·11% admit rate
Family income under $75k- GPA
- Any
- SAT
- Any
- 14
Grinnell College
Grinnell Need-Based Grant·Grinnell, IA·11% admit rate
Family income under $65k- GPA
- Any
- SAT
- Any
- 15
Tufts University
Tufts No-Loan Commitment·Medford, MA·10% admit rate
Family income under $65k- GPA
- Any
- SAT
- Any
- 16
Amherst College
Amherst Financial Aid·Amherst, MA·9.0% admit rate
Family income under $75k- GPA
- Any
- SAT
- Any
- 17
Bowdoin College
Bowdoin No-Loan Promise·Brunswick, ME·9.0% admit rate
Family income under $75k- GPA
- Any
- SAT
- Any
- 18
Williams College
Williams All-Grant Aid·Williamstown, MA·8.5% admit rate
Family income under $75k- GPA
- Any
- SAT
- Any
- 19
Colby College
The Colby Commitment·Waterville, ME·8.0% admit rate
Family income under $75k- GPA
- Any
- SAT
- Any
- 20
Rice University
The Rice Investment·Houston, TX·7.8% admit rate
Family income under $75k- GPA
- Any
- SAT
- Any
- 21
Cornell University
Cornell Financial Aid Initiative·Ithaca, NY·7.3% admit rate
Family income under $75k- GPA
- Any
- SAT
- Any
- 22
Johns Hopkins University
Hopkins Grant·Baltimore, MD·7.2% admit rate
Family income under $100k- GPA
- Any
- SAT
- Any
- 23
Northwestern University
Northwestern No-Loan Aid·Evanston, IL·7.0% admit rate
Family income under $75k- GPA
- Any
- SAT
- Any
- 24
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore No-Loan Aid·Swarthmore, PA·7.0% admit rate
Family income under $75k- GPA
- Any
- SAT
- Any
- 25
Pomona College
Pomona Need-Based Scholarship·Claremont, CA·7.0% admit rate
Family income under $75k- GPA
- Any
- SAT
- Any
- 26
University of Pennsylvania
Penn Quaker Commitment·Philadelphia, PA·5.8% admit rate
Family income under $100k- GPA
- Any
- SAT
- Any
- 27
Brown University
The Brown Promise·Providence, RI·5.1% admit rate
Family income under $125k- GPA
- Any
- SAT
- Any
- 28
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT Tuition-Free Guarantee·Cambridge, MA·4.6% admit rate
Family income under $100k- GPA
- Any
- SAT
- Any
- 29
Yale University
Yale Need-Based Scholarship·New Haven, CT·4.6% admit rate
Family income under $75k- GPA
- Any
- SAT
- Any
- 30
Princeton University
Princeton Financial Aid Guarantee·Princeton, NJ·4.5% admit rate
Family income under $100k- GPA
- Any
- SAT
- Any
- 31
Columbia University
Columbia Need-Based Grant·New York, NY·3.9% admit rate
Family income under $150k- GPA
- Any
- SAT
- Any
- 32
Stanford University
Stanford Tuition Grant·Stanford, CA·3.7% admit rate
Family income under $100k- GPA
- Any
- SAT
- Any
- 33
Harvard University
Harvard Financial Aid Initiative·Cambridge, MA·3.2% admit rate
Family income under $100k- GPA
- Any
- SAT
- Any
- 34
California Institute of Technology
Caltech Need-Based Grant·Pasadena, CA·3.0% admit rate
Family income under $100k- GPA
- Any
- SAT
- Any
- 35
University of Virginia
AccessUVA·Charlottesville, VA·17% admit rate
Family income under $100kVA resident- GPA
- Any
- SAT
- Any
- 36
Mississippi Valley State University
MVSU Academic Scholarship·Itta Bena, MS·92% admit rate
Not a MS residentSelected by committee- GPA
- 3.00
- SAT
- 1020
- 37
Duke University
Duke Financial Aid Commitment·Durham, NC·6.0% admit rate
Family income under $150kResident of NC, SC- GPA
- Any
- SAT
- Any
- 38
Troy University
Troy Scholars PLUS Award·Troy, AL·95% admit rate
Selected by committee- GPA
- 3.70
- SAT
- 1450
- 39
Tennessee State University
TSU Academic Merit Scholarship·Nashville, TN·70% admit rate
Selected by committee- GPA
- 3.30
- SAT
- 1160
- 40
Prairie View A & M University
PVAMU Regents' Student Merit Scholarship·Prairie View, TX·79% admit rate
Selected by committee- GPA
- 3.50
- SAT
- 1260
- 41
Murray State University
Marvin D. Mills Leadership Scholarship·Murray, KY·86% admit rate
KY residentSelected by committee- GPA
- 3.50
- SAT
- 1160
- 42
University of Oklahoma
National Merit Finalist Award·Norman, OK·73% admit rate
National Merit Finalist- GPA
- 3.50
- SAT
- 1450
- 43
Indiana State University
Indiana State Presidential Scholarship·Terre Haute, IN·81% admit rate
IN residentTop 10%Selected by committee- GPA
- 3.80
- SAT
- 1270
- 44
University of South Carolina
McNair Scholars Program·Columbia, SC·64% admit rate
State / regional awardSelected by committee- GPA
- 3.85
- SAT
- Any
- 45
Florida State University
Benacquisto Scholarship·Tallahassee, FL·25% admit rate
National Merit Finalist- GPA
- 3.60
- SAT
- 1450
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University of Florida
Benacquisto Scholarship·Gainesville, FL·23% admit rate
National Merit Finalist- GPA
- 3.70
- SAT
- 1450
- 47
North Carolina State University
Park Scholarships·Raleigh, NC·47% admit rate
State / regional awardSelected by committee- GPA
- 3.85
- SAT
- Any
- 48
University of Utah
Eccles Scholars Program·Salt Lake City, UT·89% admit rate
State / regional awardSelected by committee- GPA
- 3.80
- SAT
- 1400
- 49
The Ohio State University
Morrill Scholars Program (Distinction)·Columbus, OH·53% admit rate
Local leadershipSelected by committee- GPA
- 3.80
- SAT
- 1400
- 50
University of Texas at Austin
Forty Acres Scholars Program·Austin, TX·29% admit rate
State / regional awardSelected by committee- GPA
- 3.85
- SAT
- Any
- 51
Louisiana State University
Stamps Leadership Scholarship·Baton Rouge, LA·76% admit rate
State / regional awardSelected by committee- GPA
- 3.80
- SAT
- 1400
- 52
Wake Forest University
Reynolds Scholarship·Winston-Salem, NC·21% admit rate
State / regional awardSelected by committee- GPA
- 3.85
- SAT
- Any
- 53
University of Miami
Stamps Scholars Program·Coral Gables, FL·19% admit rate
State / regional awardSelected by committee- GPA
- 3.85
- SAT
- Any
- 54
Georgia Institute of Technology
Stamps President's Scholars Program·Atlanta, GA·16% admit rate
State / regional awardSelected by committee- GPA
- 3.90
- SAT
- Any
- 55
Texas A&M University
Brockman Scholars Program·College Station, TX·63% admit rate
State / regional awardSelected by committee- GPA
- 3.80
- SAT
- 1450
- 56
Clemson University
National Scholars Program·Clemson, SC·43% admit rate
National / international recognitionSelected by committee- GPA
- 3.90
- SAT
- Any
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