In the article Tuition Discount Alert: 50 Great Colleges Desperately Seeking Students Forbes staff reporter, Matt Schifrin, spilled the beans on the best kept secret of college admission offices.  There is a quite a shortage of students.  This makes it a buyers market for college bound students and their parents.

Since there are 2,235 four year non-profit college universities and 1,067 two year colleges throughout the United States, the higher education industry is over saturated.  The good news for both parents and students is many institutions are providing large grants to fill huge gap of having plenty of open spaces to fill with incoming freshmen.

Average Grant: $3,169
2013 Cost Of Attendance: $20,039*

St. John’s College, Annapolis, MD
Undergraduates: 490 – 75th Percentile SAT (M&CR): 1410
2011-2012 Freshman Receiving Grants: 52% –

Average Grant: $26, 956
2013 Cost of Attendance: $58,909

Missouri University Of Science & Technology, Rolla, MO
Undergraduates: 5,671 – 75th Percentile SAT (CR&M): 1400
2011-2012 Freshman Getting Grants: 83% – 

Average Grant: $5,782
2013 Cost Of Attendance: $22,366*

University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Undergraduates: 26,826 – 75th Percentile SAT (CR&M): 1390
2011-2012 Freshman Getting Grants: 51% – 

Average Grant: $28,798
2013 Cost Of Attendance: $58,539

Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Oregon
Undergraduates: 2,142 – 75th Percentile SAT (CR&M): 1380
2011-2012 Freshmen Getting Grants: 75% –

Average Grant: $20,222
2013 Cost of Attendance: $54,321

Knox College, Galesburg, IL
Undergraduates: 1,420 – 75th Percentile SAT (CR&M): 1380**
2011-2012 Freshman Getting Grants: 99% –

Average Grant: $21,726
2013 Cost Of Attendance: $51,265

Beloit College, Beloit, WI
Undergraduates: 1,385 – 75th Percentile SAT (M&CR): 1340
2011-2012 Freshmen Getting Grants: 97% –

Average Grant: $19,276
2013 Cost of Attendance: $52,660

Marlboro College, Marlboro, VT
Undergraduates: 291 – 75th Percentile SAT (CR&M): 1340**
2011-2012 Freshmen Getting Grants: 87% –

Average Grant: $16,314
2013 Cost of Attendance: $48,390

Michigan Technological University, Houghton,MI
Undergraduates: 5,719 – 75th Percentile SAT (CR&M): 1340
2011-2012 Freshman Getting Grants: 92% –

Average Grant: $7,609

Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO
Undergraduates: 12,531- 75th Percentile SAT (CR&M): 1330
2011-2012 Freshman Getting Grants: 85% –

Average Grant: $16,039
2013 Cost Of Attendance: $53,448

St. Mary’s College of Maryland, St. Mary’s City, MD
Undergraduates: 1,992 – 75th Percentile SAT (CR&M): 1330
2011-2012 Freshman Getting Grants: 66% –

Average Grant: $4,978
2013 Cost Of Attendance: $26,500*

University of Dallas, Irving, TX
Undergraduates: 1,356 – 75th Percentile SAT (CR&M): 1330
2011-2012 Freshman Getting Grants: 99% –

Average Grant: $16,000
2013 Cost Of Attendance: $21,895

Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
Undergraduates: 15,047 – 75th Percentile SAT (CR&M): 1310
2011-2012 Freshman Getting Grants: 97% –

Average Grant: $14,432
2013 Cost Of Attendance: $57,010

Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, IL
Undergraduates: 1,497 – 75th Percentile SAT (CR&M): 1310
2011-2012 Freshman Getting Grants: 95% –

Average Grant: $19,505
2013 Cost Of Attendance: $49,134

Albion College, Albion, MI
Undergraduates: 1,514 – 75th Percentile SAT (CR&M): 1300
2011-2012 Freshman Getting Grants: 99% –

Average Grant: $18,367
2013 Cost Of Attendance: $47,010

Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA
Undergraduates: 1,619 – 75th Percentile SAT (CR&M): 1280
2011-2012 Freshman Getting Grants: 99% –

Average Grant: $17,653
2013 Cost Of Attendance: $45,590

Ohio Northern University, Ada, OH
Undergraduates: 2,601 – 75th Percentile SAT (CR&M): 1280
2011-2012 Freshman Getting Grants: 96% –

Average Grant: $19,726
2013 Cost Of Attendance: $47,240

Mills College, Oakland, CA
Undergraduates: 936 – 75th Percentile SAT (CR&M): 1280
2011-2012 Freshman Getting Grants: 95% –

Average Grant: $19,401
2013 Cost Of Attendance: $61,187

University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Undergraduates: 24,297 – 75th Percentile SAT (CR&M): 1280
2011-2012 Freshman Getting Grants: 35% –

Average Grant: $6,402
2013 Cost Of Attendance: $13,231*
*Reflects costs for in-state residents

Wagner College, Staten Island, NY
Undergraduates: 1,860 – 75th Percentile SAT (CR&M): 1280
2011-2012 Freshman Getting Grants: 98% –

Average Grant: $16,329
2013 Cost Of Attendance: $55,745

Warren Wilson College, Swannanoa, SC
Undergraduates: 906- 75th Percentile SAT (CR&M): 1250
2011-2012 Freshman Getting Grants: 73% –

Average Grant: $9,973
2013 Cost Of Attendance: $39,396

Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
Undergraduates: 23,075 – 75th Percentile SAT (CR&M): 1250
2011-2012 Freshman Getting Grants: 42% –

Average Grant: $3,386
2013 Cost Of Attendance: $21,964

Hofstra University, Hemstead, NY
Undergraduates: 7,183 – 75th Percentile SAT (CR&M): 1250
2011-2012 Freshman Getting Grants: 87% –

Average Grant: $14,617
2013 Cost Of Attendance: $52,240

University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Undergraduates: 6,071 – 75th Percentile SAT (M&CR): 1250
2011-2012 Freshman getting grants: 67% –

Average grant: $19,155
2013 Cost of Attendance: $51,544

The New School, New York, NY
Undergraduates: 7,081 – 75th Percentile SAT (CR&M): 1250
2011-2012 Freshman Getting Grants: 96% –

Average Grant: $13,122
2013 Cost Of Attendance: $61,909

College of Idaho, Caldwell, Idaho
Undergraduates: 1,018 – 75th Percentile SAT (CR&M): 1248
2011-2012 Freshman Getting Grants: 100% –

Average Grant: $12,749
2013 Cost Of Attendance: $34,555

University of Redlands, Redlands, CA
Undergraduates: 3,302 – 75th Percentile SAT (CR&M): 1240
2011-2012 Freshman Getting Grants: 92% –

Average Grant: $20,566
2013 Cost Of Attendance: $56,572

Randolph College, Lynchburg, VA
Undergraduates: 571 – 75th Percentile SAT (CR&M): 1240
2011-2012 Freshman Getting Grants: 100% –

Average Grant: $17,596
2013 Cost Of Attendance: $44,036

Westminster College, Salt Lake City, UT
Undergraduates: 2,549 – 75th Percentile SAT (CR&M): 1240
2011-2012 Freshman Getting Grants: 98% –

Average Grant: $15,681
2013 Cost Of Attendance: $48,214

Washington & Jefferson College, Washington, PA
Undergraduates: 1,457 – 75th Percentile SAT (CR&M): 1225
2011-2012 Freshman Getting Grants: 99% –

Average Grant: $17,012
2013 Cost Of Attendance: $49,900

Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Undergraduates: 58,404 – 75th Percentile SAT (CR&M): 1220
2011-2012 Freshman Getting Grants: 34% –

Average Grant: $7,921
2013 Cost Of Attendance: $21,084

Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA
Undergraduates: 2,261 – 75th Percentile SAT (CR&M): 1220
2011-2012 Freshman Getting Grants: 95% –

Average Grant: $17,398
2013 Cost Of Attendance: $49,170

University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Undergraduates: 30,665 – 75th Percentile SAT (CR&M): 1220
2011-2012 Freshman Getting Grants: 71% –

Average Grant: $7,071
2013 Cost Of Attendance: $18,839*

Valparaiso University, Valparaizo, IN
Undergraduates: 2,827 – 75th Percentile SAT (CR&M): 1220
2011-2012 Freshman Getting Grants: 98% –

Average Grant: $16,043
2013 Cost Of Attendance: $45,860

Bryant University, Smithfield, RI
Undergraduates: 3,337 – 75th Percentile SAT (CR&M): 1220
2011-2012 Freshman Getting Grants: 84% –

Average Grant: $16,199
2013 Cost Of Attendance: $51,298

Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA
Undergraduates: 4,467 – 75th Percentile SAT (CR&M): 1220
2011-2012 Freshman Getting Grants: 64% –

Average Grant: $3,113
2013 Cost Of Attendance: $21,780

University of Scranton, Scranton, PA
Undergraduates: 4,068 – 75th Percentile SAT (CR&M): 1210
2011-2012 Freshman Getting Grants: 91% –

Average Grant: $16,683
2013 Cost Of Attendance: $50,730

Xavier University, Cinncinati, OH
Undergraduates: 4,540- 75th Percentile SAT (CR&M): 1210
2011-2012 Freshman Getting Grants: 100% –

Average Grant: $15,485
2013 Cost Of Attendance: $40,935

Hollins University, Roanoke, VA
Undergraduates: 731 – 75th Percentile SAT (CR&M): 1200
2011-2012 Freshman Getting Grants: 98% –

Average Grant: $15,621
2013 Cost Of Attendance: $47,780

Green Mountain College, Poultyney, VT
Undergraduates: 646 – 75th Percentile SAT (CR&M): 1183
2011-2012 Freshman Getting Grants: 95% –

Average Grant: $12,247
2013 Cost Of Attendance: $41,666

University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
Undergraduates: 8,263 – 75th Percentile SAT (CR&M): 1180
2011-2012 Freshman Getting Grants: 31% –

Average Grant: $3,465
2013 Cost Of Attendance: $13,189*

Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA
Undergraduates: 1,655 – 75th Percentile SAT (CR&M): 1170
2011-2012 Freshman Getting Grants: 97% –

Average Grant: $14,467
2013 Cost Of Attendance: $44,414

Rider University, Lawrenceville, NJ
Undergraduates: 4,616 – 75th Percentile SAT (CR&M): 1150
2011-2012 Freshman Getting Grants: 96% –

Average Grant: $13,091
2013 Cost Of Attendance: $46,335

Manhattamville College, Purchase, NY
Undergraduates: 1,734 – 75th Percentile SAT (CR&M): 1120
2011-2012 Freshman Getting Grants: 94% –

Average Grant: $21,703
2013 Cost Of Attendance: $47,200

Lynchburg College, Lynchburg, VA
Undergraduates: 2,279 – 75th Percentile SAT (CR&M): 1110
2011-2012 Freshman Getting Grants: 97% –

Average Grant: $13,774
2013 Cost Of Attendance: $40,900

University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Undergraduates: 19,695 – 75th Percentile SAT (CR&M): 1090
2011-2012 Freshman Getting Grants: 57% –

Average Grant: $4,953
2013 Cost Of Attendance: $18,764*

Becker College, Worcester, MA
Undergraduates: 1784 – 75th Percentile SAT (CR&M): 1060
2011-2012 Freshman Getting Grants: 99% –

Average Grant: $11,447
2013 Cost Of Attendance: $43,000

AHEPA and University of Indianapolis Athens,
Odyssey in Athens Undergraduate & Graduate
Study Abroad Program – Full Tuition Scholarship
For a Session, Semester or a Whole Year in Athens, Greece

*Reflects costs for in-state residents
**SAT not required, estimate from Princeton Review