Astrophysics Best Colleges Financial Aid Comparison
For the academic year 2022-2023, at the best colleges in Astrophysics program, total 114,021 undergraduate students have awarded grant aid from federal, state, local, and/or institutes. The average amount of the awarded grant aid is $39,485 where the 2024 average tuition & fees is $56,283. For full-time first time undergraduate students (freshmen), 58%% of students (24,554 students) have awarded federal, state, local and/or institutional grant aid.
- For all undergraduate students, Massachusetts Institute of Technology has the highest percent of students awarded grant aid of 77% and Harvard University has the lowest graduation rate of 46%.
- For all undergraduate students, Princeton University has the highest amount of grant aid of $62,079 and The University of Texas at Austin has the lowest amount of grant aid of $10,302.
- For first-time full-time students, The University of Texas at Austin has the highest percent of students awarded grant aid of 86% and Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus has the lowest graduation rate of 44%.
- For first-time full-time students, Harvard University has the highest amount of grant aid of $61,801 and The University of Texas at Austin has the lowest amount of grant aid of $8,321.
Astrophysics Best Colleges Financial Aid Comparison
The following table lists the best colleges in Astrophysics programs. The "-" value in other columns means that the corresponding data has not been reported or the school does not have programs for the values.
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| Rank | College name | Tuition & Fees | All Undergraduate | Full-time First-Time Undergraduate | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
| 3 | Princeton University Princeton, NJ Private, 4 years four-years | $59,710 ($47,140) | 3,221 | 61% | $62,079 | 786 | 61% | $59,792 |
| 9 | California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA Private, 4 years four-years | $63,255 ($49,908) | 613 | 62% | $47,135 | 155 | 57% | $59,192 |
| 5 | University of Chicago Chicago, IL Private, 4 years four-years | $66,939 ($54,825) | 4,208 | 55% | $43,934 | 1,070 | 52% | $48,422 |
| 4 | Harvard University Cambridge, MA Private, 4 years four-years | $59,076 ($48,949) | 4,422 | 46% | $55,433 | 1,094 | 56% | $61,801 |
| 2 | Stanford University Stanford, CA Private, 4 years four-years | $62,484 ($49,617) | 4,827 | 63% | $56,737 | 1,120 | 53% | $60,619 |
| 59 | University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA Public, 4 years four-years | $45,627 ($14,850) | 18,864 | 59% | $22,200 | 3,572 | 52% | $21,669 |
| 1 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA Private, 4 years four-years | $60,156 | 3,557 | 77% | $44,422 | 832 | 71% | $45,591 |
| 164 | University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA Public, 4 years four-years | $45,742 ($14,965) | 13,985 | 61% | $19,654 | 2,586 | 53% | $20,389 |
| 40 | The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX Public, 4 years four-years | $42,778 ($11,678) | 28,449 | 70% | $10,302 | 7,624 | 86% | $8,321 |
| 23 | Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD Private, 4 years four-years | $63,340 ($52,170) | 3,564 | 58% | $52,572 | 874 | 62% | $54,405 |
| 1 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA Public, 4 years four-years | $40,188 ($20,234) | 22,591 | 56% | $11,574 | 3,757 | 44% | $10,066 |
| 7 | University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA Private, 4 years four-years | $66,104 ($53,534) | 5,720 | 51% | $47,776 | 1,084 | 46% | $57,175 |
| Average | $56,283 | 114,021 | 60% | $39,485 | 24,554 | 58% | $42,287 | |