<p>which colleges have increased their endowment, received tons of grants, etc...?</p>
<p>Siglio, all colleges have suffering endowments right now. If you have strong stats, you’ll find that some of the less competitive colleges are offering more merit aid to fill their classes in this tough economy.</p>
<p>are there ANY colleges that are in a good financial state?</p>
<p>Middlebury, but I’m not sure</p>
<p>“are there ANY colleges that are in a good financial state?”</p>
<p>Do you mean compared to, say, a year ago? Probably not many.</p>
<p>But I would say Harvard, still with a $26B endowment, is in good shape. I believe I read that their funding for scholarships went up to $145M this year. That’s a little over 1/2 of one percent of their endowment.</p>
<p>Of course all the ivies are still in good shape even after experiencing some losses…because they started out with bega endowments.</p>
<p>What is your concern? Are you worried about choosing a school that will start cutting programs or class sections? Are you looking for merit money?</p>
<p>While many publics don’t have huge endowments, many of them don’t really need them since they have their states behind them. Look at which states are struggling and which ones aren’t. Obviously Calif public Us are hurting, but other state schools have only had their budgets cut minimally and have found other ways to make up for the shortfall.</p>
<p>"CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Gone are the hot breakfasts in most dorms and the pastries at Widener Library. Varsity athletes are no longer guaranteed free sweat suits, and just this week came the jarring news that professors will go without cookies at faculty meetings.</p>
<p>Cuts have also affected athletic clubs, which share space at Malkin Athletic Center.
By Harvard standards, these are hard times. Not Dickensian hard times, but with the value of its endowment down by almost 30 percent, the worlds richest university is learning to live with less.</p>
<p>The Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvards largest division, has cut about $75 million from its budget in recent months and is planning more. With the cuts extending beyond hiring and salary freezes to measures that affect what students eat, where they study and other parts of their daily routine, the euphoria of fall in Harvard Yard is dampened.</p>
<p>The Faculty of Arts and Sciences anticipates a deficit of $130 million over the next two years and is awaiting recommendations from groups of faculty members and students who have been weighing the options.</p>
<p>Everyone is worried, said George Hayward, a junior who lives on a part of campus, the Quad, that lost its library to the cuts. It could be anything next; nobody really knows…</p>
<p>Harvards endowment was $26 billion in June 2009, down from $36.9 billion in June 2008, a 27 percent decrease. The loss is especially hard on the Faculty of Arts and Science, which includes Harvard College, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and the School of Engineering, because the endowment provides half of its budget.</p>
<p>Though faculty jobs have so far been protected, the university laid off 250 staff members this summer, said Jeff Neal, a Harvard spokesman. He said it was too soon to know whether future cuts would affect students…"</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/09/education/09harvard.html?hpw[/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/09/education/09harvard.html?hpw</a></p>
<p>I read that NSM. No more cookies for teacher’s meetings. The school still has $26B in the endowment. They choose to use less than 1% of it for financial aid. But Harvard still has the best FA of any school and I understand why they don’t want to increase the size of the student body. I’m just saying they meet the OP’s criterion.</p>