Social Sciences and Humanities Best Colleges Financial Aid Comparison
For the academic year 2023-2024, at the best colleges in Social Sciences and Humanities program, total 106,025 undergraduate students have awarded grant aid from federal, state, local, and/or institutes. The average amount of the awarded grant aid is $39,189 where the 2025 average tuition & fees is $57,853. For full-time first time undergraduate students (freshmen), 51%% of students (22,033 students) have awarded federal, state, local and/or institutional grant aid.
- For all undergraduate students, Princeton University has the highest percent of students awarded grant aid of 60% and University of Wisconsin-Madison has the lowest graduation rate of 42%.
- For all undergraduate students, Princeton University has the highest amount of grant aid of $62,593 and University of Wisconsin-Madison has the lowest amount of grant aid of $14,133.
- For first-time full-time students, Princeton University has the highest percent of students awarded grant aid of 60% and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has the lowest graduation rate of 38%.
- For first-time full-time students, Harvard University has the highest amount of grant aid of $64,942 and University of Wisconsin-Madison has the lowest amount of grant aid of $11,350.
Social Sciences and Humanities Best Colleges Financial Aid Comparison
The following table lists the best colleges in Social Sciences and Humanities 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 |
| 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 |
| 79 | University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI Public, 4 years four-years | $42,103 ($11,603) | 15,191 | 42% | $14,133 | 4,193 | 49% | $11,350 |
| 3 | Stanford University Stanford, CA Private, 4 years four-years | $65,910 ($49,617) | 4,866 | 60% | $58,688 | 952 | 55% | $64,164 |
| 44 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI Public, 4 years four-years | $63,081 ($18,848) | 16,891 | 52% | $24,478 | 3,850 | 55% | $22,005 |
| 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 |
| 70 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC Public, 4 years four-years | $41,203 ($8,994) | 10,315 | 52% | $15,205 | 1,685 | 38% | $15,365 |
| 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 |
| 13 | Northwestern University Evanston, IL Private, 4 years four-years | $68,322 ($52,678) | 4,819 | 54% | $57,927 | 1,055 | 52% | $64,463 |
| 8 | University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA Private, 4 years four-years | $68,686 ($53,534) | 5,731 | 51% | $49,451 | 1,160 | 48% | $59,721 |
| Average | $57,853 | 106,025 | 53% | $39,189 | 22,033 | 51% | $42,719 | |