Political Theory Best Colleges Financial Aid Comparison
For the academic year 2023-2024, at the best colleges in Political Theory program, total 79,118 undergraduate students have awarded grant aid from federal, state, local, and/or institutes. The average amount of the awarded grant aid is $49,682 where the 2025 average tuition & fees is $63,132. For full-time first time undergraduate students (freshmen), 53%% of students (15,518 students) have awarded federal, state, local and/or institutional grant aid.
- For all undergraduate students, Johns Hopkins University has the highest percent of students awarded grant aid of 61% and Harvard University has the lowest graduation rate of 49%.
- For all undergraduate students, Princeton University has the highest amount of grant aid of $62,593 and University of California-Los Angeles has the lowest amount of grant aid of $21,007.
- For first-time full-time students, Princeton University has the highest percent of students awarded grant aid of 60% and Duke University has the lowest graduation rate of 41%.
- For first-time full-time students, Columbia University in the City of New York has the highest amount of grant aid of $65,173 and University of California-Los Angeles has the lowest amount of grant aid of $22,441.
Political Theory Best Colleges Financial Aid Comparison
The following table lists the best colleges in Political Theory 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 | |||
| 5 | Princeton University Princeton, NJ Private, 4 years four-years | $62,688 ($47,140) | 3,365 | 60% | $62,593 | 904 | 60% | $60,629 |
| 2 | Harvard University Cambridge, MA Private, 4 years four-years | $61,676 ($48,949) | 4,562 | 49% | $55,827 | 932 | 57% | $64,942 |
| 9 | University of Chicago Chicago, IL Private, 4 years four-years | $69,324 ($54,825) | 3,836 | 51% | $48,772 | 789 | 46% | $58,877 |
| 6 | Yale University New Haven, CT Private, 4 years four-years | $67,250 ($51,400) | 3,679 | 55% | $60,846 | 837 | 54% | $59,076 |
| 18 | Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD Private, 4 years four-years | $64,730 ($52,170) | 3,667 | 61% | $54,088 | 840 | 60% | $58,456 |
| 41 | University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA Public, 4 years four-years | $47,265 ($15,377) | 18,629 | 57% | $22,996 | 3,369 | 50% | $25,951 |
| 11 | Duke University Durham, NC Private, 4 years four-years | $68,758 ($53,500) | 3,447 | 52% | $53,004 | 724 | 41% | $59,327 |
| 13 | Northwestern University Evanston, IL Private, 4 years four-years | $68,322 ($52,678) | 4,819 | 54% | $57,927 | 1,055 | 52% | $64,463 |
| 21 | University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN Private, 4 years four-years | $65,025 ($51,495) | 5,445 | 61% | $47,922 | 1,195 | 59% | $51,128 |
| 7 | Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY Private, 4 years four-years | $70,517 ($51,640) | 4,983 | 55% | $52,519 | 777 | 52% | $65,173 |
| 3 | Stanford University Stanford, CA Private, 4 years four-years | $65,910 ($49,617) | 4,866 | 60% | $58,688 | 952 | 55% | $64,164 |
| 42 | University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA Public, 4 years four-years | $46,121 ($14,233) | 17,820 | 55% | $21,007 | 3,144 | 49% | $22,441 |
| Average | $63,132 | 79,118 | 56% | $49,682 | 15,518 | 53% | $54,552 | |