The Chronicle of Higher Education
Students
From the issue dated May 2, 2008

Enrolling Needy Students: How the Wealthiest Colleges Rate


Related article: Wealthy Colleges Show Drop in Enrollments of Needy Students


These tables show, in rank order, the proportion of undergraduates who received Pell Grants at the wealthiest public and private colleges — those with endowments of $500-million or more — in 2006-7.

Enrollment and Pell Grant figures are from U.S. Department of Education databases, except when such statistics were reported only on a systemwide basis. In those cases, The Chronicle asked institutions to provide information for their main campuses only. Colleges were selected on the basis of their endowment values as of June 30, 2006, as compiled by the National Association of College and University Business Officers.

For some public universities, endowment data were available only on a systemwide basis; in those cases, enrollment and Pell Grant figures for the flagship institution or the most-selective campus are shown. Some data have been revised from a table published in 2006 by The Chronicle.

 
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Volume 54, Issue 34, A19