Any other low income students get close to a full ride in grants? Getting into Lehigh was like hitting the jackpot in college admissions. This is because, unlike the majority of schools, if you make under $75k a year they will eliminate all loans from the financial aid package. My package included one $3k subsidized loan but the other 63k was funded through grant money and 2k was funded by work-study. My income is also <25k. When I decided to apply to Lehigh like many other schools I applied to, I was familiar with this policy.