<p>Where can I commonly get this information. I was stunned to see Oregon State only awarded about 1% merit aid. But UNC Chappel Hill awarded 11%</p>
<p>It was this statistic for the schools that received our ACT score. I couldn't find this stat anywhere on ACT's website.</p>
<p>I would definitely like to see a percentage for many other schools than the 4 free ones we sent out.</p>
<p>Look up the common data sets for schools in which you are interested, section H.</p>
<p>Yeah I found most of the imformation I was looking for on this collegedata.com site. They have a tab thats money matters, and its lists the % and then a different percent underneath it with a avg amount.</p>
<p>Thank you tons for the suggestion it answered my question. I just wonder how accurate these are.</p>
<p>Most likely they are as accurate as human work can allow. While it may be in the college’s short term interest to lie, long term fall out could be catastrophic. [Law</a> schools’ credibility at issue](<a href=“http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202514708103]Law”>http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202514708103)</p>
<p>The statistics about the percent of students who receive merit aid (which is broken down by students who also receive need-based aid vs. students who don’t receive need-based aid) – like what is reported at [University</a> of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Tuition, Costs and Financial Aid - CollegeData College Profile](<a href=“http://www.collegedata.com/cs/data/college/college_pg03_tmpl.jhtml?schoolId=1600]University”>http://www.collegedata.com/cs/data/college/college_pg03_tmpl.jhtml?schoolId=1600) – are part of the data that colleges are required to report to the government, and there are strict definitions about what to report and how to calculate. </p>
<p>Larger schools, like UNC Chapel Hill, have separate departments to crunch the numbers and do the reports, so I think the accuracy is probably pretty high. </p>
<p>Not sure where you are getting the 11% from. CollegeData shows that:
<p>The percentages go down when looking at all undergraduates:
<p>So it’s always a good idea to confirm with a college whether you can expect to receive the merit aid each year.</p>
<p>You are definitely right that Oregon State is much, much less generous, when it comes to merit aid (although I’m not sure where you get the 1% from). CollegeData shows:
<p>The percentages are similar for all undergraduates:
<p>Here is a link to a long list of merit aid percentages from the common data set, including explanations of how to compute this information yourself for colleges not on the list:</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/696637-merit-aid-percentage-common-data-set-7.html?highlight=merit+aid+percentages[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/696637-merit-aid-percentage-common-data-set-7.html?highlight=merit+aid+percentages</a></p>
<p>n) Number of students in line a who had no financial need and who were awarded institutional non-need-based scholarship or grant aid (exclude those who were awarded athletic awards and tuition benefits) - 1,376</p>
<p>o) Average dollar amount of institutional non-need-based scholarship and grant aid awarded to students in line n - $7,562</p>
<p>Dumb question…since “N” is asking about students who don’t have need…does that mean that students with need who were awarded “merit only” aid are not included here? Many kids (especially at publics and OOS publics) can really only get merit aid even with need…so are they not included? Or does this stat just mean that “need” wasn’t considered in the award even if the student had some need???</p>
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That’s right. There is another line that shows data for merit for students with need:</p>
<p>g) Number of students in line d who were awarded any non-need-based scholarship or grant aid</p>
<p>ahh…missed that…thanks!</p>
<p>So that g number is : 1,001</p>
<p>so…when added to the n number…total is: 2,377 frosh got merit awards.</p>
<p>Am I missing what the avg amount that g number gets?</p>