The Big Ten Conference (B1G) Members Financial Aid Comparison
For the academic year 2023-2024, at The Big Ten Conference (B1G) schools, a total of 260,664 undergraduate students has awarded grant aid from federal, state, local, and/or institutes. The average amount of the awarded grant aid is $16,313 while the 2025 average tuition & fees of the B1G is $42,135. The average financial aid amount could cover 38.72% of tuition & fees.
For full-time first time undergraduate students (freshmen), 60%% of students (60,808 students) have awarded federal, state, local and/or institutional grant aid.
The following list shows the colleges with the highest and lowest financial aid amount and percent of students received financial aid.
- For all undergraduate students, University of Nebraska-Lincoln has the highest percent of students awarded grant aid of 85% and University of Wisconsin-Madison has the lowest graduation rate of 42%.
- For all undergraduate students, Northwestern University has the highest amount of grant aid of $57,927 and University of Iowa has the lowest amount of grant aid of $9,772.
- For first-time full-time students, Michigan State University has the highest percent of students awarded grant aid of 96% and Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus has the lowest graduation rate of 36%.
- For first-time full-time students, Northwestern University has the highest amount of grant aid of $64,463 and Michigan State University has the lowest amount of grant aid of $8,147.
B1G Schools Financial Aid Comparison
The following table compares financial aid statistics between B1G schools. The "-" value in column(s) means that the data has not been reported or available.
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| College Name | Tuition & Fees | Number of Students Awarded Grants | Percent of Students Awarded Grants | Average Amount Grant Aid Awarded | Number of Students Awarded Grants | Percent of Students Awarded Grants | Average Amount Grant Aid Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL Public, 4 years | $40,096 ($18,267) | 19,405 | 55% | $16,592 | 3,842 | 48% | $17,524 |
| Northwestern University Evanston, IL Private, 4 years | $68,322 ($52,678) | 4,819 | 54% | $57,927 | 1,055 | 52% | $64,463 |
| Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN Public, 4 years | $41,891 ($12,144) | 23,695 | 66% | $11,389 | 7,145 | 74% | $9,857 |
| University of Iowa Iowa City, IA Public, 4 years | $33,371 ($11,283) | 14,930 | 68% | $9,772 | 3,820 | 74% | $9,512 |
| University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD Public, 4 years | $41,186 ($11,809) | 15,040 | 50% | $12,278 | 3,017 | 52% | $12,142 |
| University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI Public, 4 years | $63,081 ($18,848) | 16,891 | 52% | $24,478 | 3,850 | 55% | $22,005 |
| Michigan State University East Lansing, MI Public, 4 years | $44,850 ($18,079) | 28,598 | 73% | $9,950 | 9,276 | 96% | $8,147 |
| University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN Public, 4 years | $38,362 ($17,214) | 19,909 | 51% | $11,363 | 4,183 | 62% | $11,807 |
| University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE Public, 4 years | $28,584 ($10,434) | 16,239 | 85% | $9,895 | 4,306 | 93% | $9,554 |
| Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ Public, 4 years | $37,441 ($17,929) | 20,097 | 55% | $14,940 | 4,054 | 52% | $16,249 |
| Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH Public, 4 years | $40,022 ($13,244) | 28,677 | 62% | $11,931 | 5,109 | 64% | $11,791 |
| Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA Public, 4 years | $41,790 ($20,644) | 20,396 | 49% | $13,716 | 3,331 | 36% | $11,577 |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI Public, 4 years | $42,103 ($11,603) | 15,191 | 42% | $14,133 | 4,193 | 49% | $11,350 |
| Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN Public, 4 years | $28,794 ($9,992) | 16,777 | 43% | $10,024 | 3,627 | 39% | $11,126 |
| Average | $42,135 | 260,664 | 58% | $16,313 | 60,808 | 60% | $16,222 |
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