Below is a list of the 63 schools out of more than 1,700 surveyed by U.S. News that claim to meet their students' full financial need. All schools listed report that they meet 100 percent of need for all students. Several schools including Vanderbilt University and Johns Hopkins University were a few percentage points shy of meeting full need, but were not included in the table.
| School Name | City | State | U.S. News Ranking & Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amherst College | Amherst | MA | 2, National Liberal Arts Colleges |
| Barnard College | New York | NY | 26, National Liberal Arts Colleges |
| Bates College | Lewiston | ME | 21, National Liberal Arts Colleges |
| Boston College | Chestnut Hill | MA | 31, National Universities |
| Bowdoin College | Brunswick | ME | 6, National Liberal Arts Colleges |
| Brown University | Providence | RI | 15, National Universities |
| Bryn Mawr College | Bryn Mawr | PA | 30, National Liberal Arts Colleges |
| California Institute of Technology | Pasadena | CA | 7, National Universities |
| Carleton College | Northfield | MN | 8, National Liberal Arts Colleges |
| Claremont McKenna College | Claremont | CA | 11, National Liberal Arts Colleges |
| Colby College | Waterville | ME | 23, National Liberal Arts Colleges |
| Colgate University | Hamilton | NY | 21, National Liberal Arts Colleges |
| College of the Holy Cross | Worcester | MA | 32, National Liberal Arts Colleges |
| Columbia University | New York | NY | 4, National Universities |
| Connecticut College | New London | CT | 41, National Liberal Arts Colleges |
| Cornell University | Ithaca | NY | 15, National Universities |
| Dartmouth College | Hanover | NH | 9, National Universities |
| Davidson College | Davidson | NC | 9, National Liberal Arts Colleges |
| Duke University | Durham | NC | 9, National Universities |
| Emory University | Atlanta | GA | 20, National Universities |
| Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering | Needham | MA | Unranked |
| Georgetown University | Washington | DC | 21, National Universities |
| Getty*****urg College | Getty*****urg | PA | 47, National Liberal Arts Colleges |
| Grinnell College | Grinnell | IA | 18, National Liberal Arts Colleges |
| Hamilton College | Clinton | NY | 18, National Liberal Arts Colleges |
| Harvard University | Cambridge | MA | 1, National Universities |
| Harvey Mudd College | Claremont | CA | 18, National Liberal Arts Colleges |
| Haverford College | Haverford | PA | 9, National Liberal Arts Colleges |
| Macalester College | St. Paul | MN | 26, National Liberal Arts Colleges |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge | MA | 7, National Universities |
| Middlebury College | Middlebury | VT | 4, National Liberal Arts Colleges |
| Mount Holyoke College | South Hadley | MA | 26, National Liberal Arts Colleges |
| Northwestern University | Evanston | IL | 12, National Universities |
| Oberlin College | Oberlin | OH | 23, National Liberal Arts Colleges |
| Occidental College | Los Angeles | CA | 36, National Liberal Arts Colleges |
| Pitzer College | Claremont | CA | 46, National Liberal Arts Colleges |
| Pomona College | Claremont | CA | 6, National Liberal Arts Colleges |
| Princeton University | Princeton | NJ | 2, National Universities |
| Reed College | Portland | OR | 54, National Liberal Arts Colleges |
| Rice University | Houston | TX | 17, National Universities |
| Scripps College | Claremont | CA | 23, National Liberal Arts Colleges |
| Smith College | Northampton | MA | 14, National Liberal Arts Colleges |
| St. Olaf College | Northfield | MN | 51, National Liberal Arts Colleges |
| Stanford University | Stanford | CA | 5, National Universities |
| SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | Syracuse | NY | 79, National Universities |
| Swarthmore College | Swarthmore | PA | 3, National Liberal Arts Colleges |
| Thomas Aquinas College | Santa Paula | CA | 71, National Liberal Arts Colleges |
| Trinity College | Hartford | CT | 36, National Liberal Arts Colleges |
| Tufts University | Medford | MA | 28, National Universities |
| University of Chicago | Chicago | IL | 9, National Universities |
| University of Dayton | Dayton | OH | 99, National Universities |
| University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill | NC | 30, National Universities |
| University of Northern Colorado | Greely | CO | Rank Not Published |
| University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | PA | 5, National Universities |
| University of Richmond | Richmond | VA | 32, National Liberal Arts Colleges |
| University of Virginia | Charlottesville | VA | 25, National Universities |
| Vassar College | Poughkeepsie | NY | 12, National Liberal Arts Colleges |
| Washington and Lee University | Lexington | VA | 14, National Liberal Arts Colleges |
| Washington University in St. Louis | St. Louis | MO | 13, National Universities |
| Wellesley College | Wellesley | MA | 4, National Liberal Arts Colleges |
| Wesleyan University | Middletown | CT | 12, National Liberal Arts Colleges |
| Williams College | Williamstown | MA | 1, National Liberal Arts Colleges |
| Yale University | New Haven | CT | 3, National Universities |
