<p>I am an international student who desperately want to attend an university (or LAC for that matter) in the United States but cannot afford the expensive tuition. </p>
<p>Of course, there are need-blind institutions that promise to meet full financial need of international students. However, I think Amherst college, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Dartmouth, and MIT are the only ones.</p>
<p>So I am just wondering if there is a list of colleges that offer full-ride to international students? It would be helpful as well just to name one or two.</p>
<p>Thanks in advance :P</p>
<p>There are only a handful of US colleges that are both need-blind and meet full need of internationals. (Such colleges sit at the top positions of the USNews rankings.)</p>
<p>Cornell may admit you, but may not meet full need for internationals. OTOH, Stanford will meet full need for internationals that it admits, but is not need blind in the admissions process for internationals, so the bar is even higher.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>@bluebayou Thanks for the quick reply! I will definitely look into Cornell and Stanford 
I guess requesting a large amount of financial aid does put me at a disadvantage in a sense that there are fewer schools to choose from and the admission process becomes more selective.</p>
<p>Pomona and Swarthmore both meet the full need of internationals with no packaged loans, and even though they are not need-blind, they take a significant number of students. For Pomona, only 10% of applicants were international students, but more than 11% of the incoming class is international.</p>
<p>If you make anywhere below 60,000$ with limited assets (most likely a first home), you’ll probably get a full ride from either school.</p>
<p>Also, if you live in the USA and are considered a low income international student, I recommend checking out Questbridge, which is a full ride scholarship for the nation’s best liberal art colleges and universities. The following schools consider international students: Brown, Carleton, Grinnell, Pomona, Princeton, Swarthmore, Tufts, University of Chicago, Washington & Lee, and Yale.</p>
<p>@nostalgicwisdom: Thanks for the reply! I will check out Pomona and Swarthmore And thank you very much for the list you provided!</p>
<p>brave, Needblind maybe helpful, but what you really want to look for are colleges that meet full need and that are “international friendly.” </p>
<p>If you qualify for need based financial aid and you are admitted, then you will most likely get what you need to attend, especially at the more selective, well funded schools. But first you have to get admitted.</p>
<p>Merit aid is something entirely different, so first, determine how much you are likely to qualify for under a typical need based aid formula. If you don’t know, ask your parents to use an on-line calculator to find out.</p>
<p>Not all internationals are created equal. Many colleges, especially smaller ones, use internationals to increase their diversity percentages. Thus if you are not White and/or not from a Judeo-Christian background, you may have the best chance of admission and best results financially if you choose colleges that need to attract the same. </p>
<p>Look at colleges that are in rural locations or that are located in the South or the Midwest. Some that I would suggest are Williams, Hamilton, Grinnell, Carleton, Macalester, Emory, Rhodes. If you are female, Smith, Holyoke.</p>
<p>And definitely look into Questbridge.</p>
<p>[Top</a> 25 Financial Aid Colleges in US for International Students (Need-aware) - Desperate Guide: Undergraduate College Financial Aid, Scholarship](<a href=“http://www.desperateguide.com/us/top-25-financial-aid-colleges-in-us-for-international-students-need-aware]Top”>http://www.desperateguide.com/us/top-25-financial-aid-colleges-in-us-for-international-students-need-aware)</p>
<p>Refer to each school’s Common Data Set, section H, for updates (or perhaps corrections) to the above data. You also might want to check section B for the percentage of internationals at any schools that interest you.</p>
<p>All the listed institutions are private. Many (if not most) state schools do not offer need-based aid to international students.</p>
<p>@momrath: Thank you for your information! That list of colleges is particularly helpful :)</p>
<p>@tk21769: Thanks for the website! I will do research on the listed schools. And the website has Chinese on it which is funny because I am from China :P</p>