You CAN afford to go to college outside of North Carolina! Although the sticker prices on colleges appear daunting, many institutions offer excellent financial aid packages that make attendance affordable for all students. A lot of the colleges below are seeking to diversify their student bodies financially and geographically, meaning Dare County’s applicants are especially appealing. Even without a special scholarship, the following colleges will cover ALL or ALMOST ALL of the expenses that you cant!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Kenyon College, Ohio)

 

Two important terms:

Needs Blind Admission:  A college admissions policy in which applicants are judged solely on their merits, regardless of their ability to pay for tuition.

 

Meets Full Demonstrated Need: Schools that meet 100 percent of need use a combination of loans, scholarships, grants and work-study to fill the gap between the cost of attendance – tuition, fees, room, board and other expenses – and what a family can pay.

 

The following schools are NEEDS BLIND and MEET FULL DEMONSTRATED NEED for US and International Students (Includes Undocumented students):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amherst College (MA) (Pictured)

Dartmouth College (NH)

Harvard University (MA)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MA)

Princeton University (NJ)

Yale University (CT)

 

The following schools are NEEDS BLIND and MEET FULL DEMONSTRATED NEED for US students. Duke, Davidson and UNC are the NC schools with this commitment:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Barnard College (NY Women’s College)

Boston College (MA) (Pictured)

Bowdoin College (ME)

Brandeis University (MA)

Brown University (RI)

California Institute of Technology (CA)

Claremont McKenna College (CA)

College of the Holy Cross (MA)

Columbia University (NY)

Cooper Union (NY)

Davidson College (NC)

Duke University (NC)

Emory University (GA)

Franklink W. Olin College of Engineering (MA)

Georgetown University (need-blind for all applicants) (DC)

Grinnell College (IA)

Hamilton College (NY)

Haverford College (PA)

Harvey Mudd College (CA)

Johns Hopkins University (MD)

Middlebury College (VT)

Northwestern University (IL)

Notre Dame University (IN)

Olin College (MA)

Pomona College (CA)

Rice University (TX)

Stanford University (CA)

Saint Olaf College (MN)

Smith College (MA)

Swarthmore College (PA)

Thomas Aquinas College (CA)

University of Chicago (IL)

University of Michigan (in-state students only) (MI)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (NC)

University of Notre Dame (IN)

University of Pennsylvania (PA)

University of Richmond (VA)

University of Rochester (also applies for Canadian and Mexican students) (NY)

University of Southern California (CA)

University of Virginia (VA)

Vanderbilt University (TN

Vassar College (NY)

Washington and Lee (VA)

Wellesley College (MA)

Williams College (MA)

 

 

The following schools are NOT NEEDS BLIND but MEET FULL DEMONSTRATED NEED:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bates College (ME)

Bryn Mawr College (PA)

Carleton College (MN)

Colby College (ME)

Colgate University (NY)

Connecticut College (CT)

Dickinson College (PA)

Franklin and Marshall College (PA)

Haverford College (PA)

Macalester College (MN)

Mount Holyoke College (MA)

Northeastern University (MA)

Oberlin College (OH)

Occidental College (CA)

Reed College (OR)

Scripps College (CA)

Skidmore College (NY)

Smith College (MA)

Trinity College (CT)

Tufts University (in 2009 claimed to have examined 95% of applicants need-blind) (MA)

Union College (NY)

Wesleyan University (CT) (Pictured)

 

 

The following schools are NEEDS BLIND and MEET MOST DEMONSTRATED NEED for US Students. Wake Forest is an NC school that meets that requirement:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Albright College (PA)

Babson College (meets 96% of need) (MA)

Bard College (NY)

Baylor University (TX)

Boston University (MA)

Bucknell University (meets 95% of need) (PA)

Carnegie Mellon University (PA) (Pictured)

College of Wooster (MA)

Colorado College (CO)

Clark University (MA)

Cornell University (need-blind for all applicants) (NY)

Denison University (OH)

Fordham University (NY)

Gettysburg College (PA)

Ithaca College (NY)

Kenyon College (OH)

Lafayette College (PA)

Lehigh University (PA)

New York University (NY)

Saint Louis University (MO)

Santa Clara University (CA)

Sewanee: The University of the South (TN)

Southern Methodist University (TX)

St. John’s University (NY)

St. Lawrence University (NY)

Syracuse University (NY)

Texas Christian University (TX)

Tulane University (LA)

University of Miami (FL)

University of San Diego (CA)

Wake Forest (NC)

Wheaton College (MA)

This list is NOT comprehensive. Hundreds of other colleges around the country offer very strong scholarships and financial aid packages.