<p>barrons,
I’m not sure that the wealth effect plays out quite like this. The reality is that many of the top privates have considerably more money to work with and thus are able to offer aid that is competitive with and sometimes better than the publics. Consider some of the following:</p>
<p>% of Undergrads Getting Financial Aid , Public National Universities</p>
<p>59% , UCSD
59% , UC Davis
57% , U Texas
52% , UC Irvine
50% , UC Berkeley
49% , UC Santa Barbara
48% , U Michigan
48% , Penn State
47% , U Illinois
46% , UCLA
45% , U Florida
38% , U Washington
35% , Georgia Tech
33% , U North Carolina
32% , U Wisconsin
29% , W&M
26% , U Virginia</p>
<p>% of Undergrads Getting Financial Aid , Private National Universities</p>
<p>70% , Case Western
69% , MIT
63% , Rensselaer
59% , Yeshiva
58% , Caltech
55% , Princeton
55% , Brandeis
54% , Harvard
53% , NYU
52% , Columbia
52% , Carnegie Mellon
50% , Dartmouth
50% , U Rochester
49% , Johns Hopkins
48% , U Chicago
47% , Notre Dame
46% , Yale
45% , Brown
45% , Vanderbilt
45% , Tulane
44% , Stanford
43% , Northwestern
43% , Tufts
42% , Duke
42% , Cornell
41% , Boston Coll
41% , Lehigh
40% , Wash U
40% , Georgetown
40% , USC
39% , U Penn
39% , Rice
38% , Emory
31% , Wake Forest</p>
<pre><code> % of OOS Tuition & Fees covered by Avg FA Package , % of IS Tuition & Fees covered by Avg FA Package , Public National Universities
53% , 173% , UCSD
51% , 168% , UC Davis
38% , 121% , U Texas
52% , 188% , UC Irvine
60% , 200% , UC Berkeley
55% , 186% , UC Santa Barbara
25% , 74% , U Michigan
36% , 65% , Penn State
43% , 97% , U Illinois
58% , 214% , UCLA
58% , 326% , U Florida
52% , 176% , U Washington
49% , 200% , Georgia Tech
52% , 215% , U North Carolina
44% , 127% , U Wisconsin
56% , 178% , U Virginia
44% , 123% W&M
% of Tuition & Fees covered by Avg FA Package , Private National Universities
99% , Case Western
90% , MIT
76% , Rensselaer
63% , Yeshiva
85% , Caltech
94% , Princeton
73% , Brandeis
103% , Harvard
62% , NYU
89% , Columbia
65% , Carnegie Mellon
96% , Dartmouth
82% , U Rochester
78% , Johns Hopkins
89% , U Chicago
84% , Notre Dame
98% , Yale
82% , Brown
99% , Vanderbilt
84% , Tulane
96% , Stanford
76% , Northwestern
73% , Tufts
82% , Duke
95% , Cornell
71% , Boston Coll
77% , Lehigh
79% , Wash U
76% , Georgetown
88% , USC
84% , U Penn
93% , Rice
75% , Emory
75% , Wake Forest
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