Colleges and Universities That Are Need Blind

“Need blind” and “need aware” are different financial aid admissions policies. The terms refer to whether the college considers a student’s ability to pay for college when making admissions decisions. As the name indicates, need blind admissions policies do not take into account a student’s socioeconomic status. On the other hand, need aware admissions policies do factor a student’s ability to pay for college into admissions decisions.

Learn more about these policies and what they mean for you here.

The following colleges are need-blind and meet 100% of US applicants’ demonstrated need.

Amherst College
Barnard College
Boston College
Bowdoin College
Brown University
California Institute of Technology
Claremont McKenna College
College of the Holy Cross
Columbia College, Columbia University
Cornell University
Curtis Institute of Music
Dartmouth College
Davidson College
Duke University
Georgetown University
Grinnell College
Hamilton College
Harvard College
Harvey Mudd College
Johns Hopkins University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Middlebury College
Minerva Schools at KGI
Northwestern University
Olin College
Pomona College
Princeton University
Rice University
Soka University of America
Stanford University
Swarthmore College
University of Chicago
University of Michigan (in-state students only)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of Notre Dame
University of Pennsylvania
University of Richmond
University of Southern California
University of Virginia
Vanderbilt University
Vassar College
Wellesley College
Williams College
Yale University

The following colleges have need-blind admissions but do not meet 100% of your financial need. That does not necessarily mean they will be unaffordable to you!