Since thoughts are now shifting for many college-bound high school seniors from admissions to finances, we thought we’d we’d share this article with you. While the study is several months old, it is the most recent study of the richest and stingiest colleges.
Among the 50 schools with the largest endowments, here are the 15 universities and colleges with the smallest percentage of students receiving Pell Grants, which is typically given to families earning less than $40,000 a year.
Wealthiest Schools With Few Poor Students
Universities % of Pell Grant Students
- Washington University St. Louis 5.7%
- Harvard University 6.5%
- University of Virginia 7.0%
- University of Pennsylvania 9.9%
- Duke University 8.3%
- Northwestern University 8.3%
- Notre Dame University 8.4%
- University of Richmond 8.8%
- Yale University 8.9%
- Boston College 9.2%
- Princeton University 9.9%
- Johns Hopkins University 10%
- Tufts University 10%
- Swarthmore College 10.2%
- Brown University 10.9%