The U.S. News Short List, separate from our overall rankings, is a regular series that magnifies individual data points in hopes of providing students and parents a way to find which undergraduate or graduate programs excel or have room to grow in specific areas. Be sure to explore The Short List: College and The Short List: Grad School to find data that matter to you in your college or grad school search.
Covering the cost of college can seem overwhelming. Tuition continues to climb, and the price of room and board only adds to a family's financial burden.
But students with strong academic records in high school may have a way of whittling down their college price tag – through something called merit-based aid.
[Learn more about paying for college.]
Unlike need-based aid, which is tied to a family's income, merit aid is linked to a student's academic potential. The practice of awarding merit-based aid is controversial – with some arguing that it means less money for the neediest students. For high school achievers, however, it means access to grants and scholarships that don't need to be repaid.
Schools vary significantly in terms of how much and what kind of non-need-based aid they award. Aside from merit aid, schools can also grant non-need-based aid for state residency, alumni affiliation and other criteria.
On average, schools gave non-need-based aid to 12.3 percent of their undergraduate students in 2013-2014, according to data reported by 1,054 ranked schools to U.S. News in an annual survey. That figure was much higher at the 10 schools that awarded non-need-based aid to the highest percentage of students. At those institutions, an average of 46.2 percent of students received aid not tied to financial need.
The U.S. News Short List, separate from our overall rankings, is a regular series that magnifies individual data points in hopes of providing students and parents a way to find which undergraduate or graduate programs excel or have room to grow in specific areas. Be sure to explore The Short List: College and The Short List: Grad School to find data that matter to you in your college or grad school search.
Covering the cost of college can seem overwhelming. Tuition continues to climb, and the price of room and board only adds to a family's financial burden.
But students with strong academic records in high school may have a way of whittling down their college price tag – through something called merit-based aid.
[Learn more about paying for college.]
Unlike need-based aid, which is tied to a family's income, merit aid is linked to a student's academic potential. The practice of awarding merit-based aid is controversial – with some arguing that it means less money for the neediest students. For high school achievers, however, it means access to grants and scholarships that don't need to be repaid.
Schools vary significantly in terms of how much and what kind of non-need-based aid they award. Aside from merit aid, schools can also grant non-need-based aid for state residency, alumni affiliation and other criteria.
On average, schools gave non-need-based aid to 12.3 percent of their undergraduate students in 2013-2014, according to data reported by 1,054 ranked schools to U.S. News in an annual survey. That figure was much higher at the 10 schools that awarded non-need-based aid to the highest percentage of students. At those institutions, an average of 46.2 percent of students received aid not tied to financial need.
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