| Using Pell Grants as an indicator of economics diversity, US News has provided the following list. Smith tops the list, and number 2 isn't very close. Given that there are income limits to receive Pell Grants, and those limits might indicate more financial need, one might infer that at least a quarter of Smith's students need a significant amount of aid to be able to attend. In light of this, I wonder what the distribution of the aid might look like. It might help explain why Smith gives so much aid, but those above $100 K in income don't find Smith very competetive in this regard.
Smith College (MA) 26%
Wellesley College (MA) 15%
Bryn Mawr College (PA) 14%
Amherst College (MA) 13%
Bowdoin College (ME) 13%
Wesleyan University (CT) 13%
Williams College (MA) 13%
Colorado College 12%
Oberlin College (OH) 12%
Carleton College (MN) 11%
Grinnell College (IA) 11%
Hamilton College (NY) 11%
Harvey Mudd College (CA) 11%
Macalester College (MN) 11%
Swarthmore College (PA) 11%
Claremont McKenna College 10%
Haverford College (PA) 10%
Pomona College (CA) 10%
Vassar College (NY) 10%
Bates College (ME) 9%
Colgate University (NY) 9%
Colby College (ME) 8%
Middlebury College (VT) 8%
Davidson College (NC) 7%
Washington and Lee U (VA) 4% |