@ucbalumnus, why single out NYU and BU out of all the colleges on the list? I can’t tell if you singled them out to point out that they are low on the list, or to compliment them for being on the list of the top 179 most generous colleges despite the constant bashing they typically get on CC.
NYU and BU have per student endowments that are dwarfed by more generous schools. Colleges higher on the list with smaller per student endowments are generally the public schools whose prices are based on instate tuition, so they are much cheaper to start with. It’s probably not fair to mingle public and private on one list given that the public’s generosity won’t extend beyond its state borders.
I’m surprised at SMU - TCU - Bucknell - Furman, and a few others. Despite larger endowments, they are less generous to the lower and middle income students than NYU/BU.
The California school system should be the role model for every state re: how to service the educational needs of its citizenry.