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Colleges that fund international students
Official starting points, checked by Bangladeshi student editors. Funding and deadlines change every year — always confirm on the college's own page.
58 colleges
- Amherst CollegeUnited StatesAmherst is need-blind for all undergraduate first-year applicants regardless of citizenship and meets 100% of Amherst-calculated financial need for admitted students. Aid is need-based and not a merit scholarship; there
- Bates CollegeUnited StatesBates is NEED-AWARE for international first-year students and meets 100% of Bates-calculated demonstrated financial need of admitted students regardless of citizenship. International aid packages use grants and on-campus
- Berea CollegeUnited StatesBerea states that all admitted international students receive aid/scholarships covering 100% of tuition, housing, food and fees. This does NOT automatically cover all expenses: students are expected to save toward person
- Bowdoin CollegeUnited StatesBowdoin is need-blind for international first-year applicants and meets all admitted students’ full calculated financial need with grants/need-based scholarships and an expected small on-campus work contribution, without
- Brandeis UniversityUnited StatesInstitutional aid for eligible international first-years is available but not a guaranteed full ride; financial aid and assessed family contribution depend on individual review.
- Brown UniversityUnited StatesBrown is need-blind for international first-year applicants from the Class of 2029 onward and meets 100% of demonstrated need for admitted students who applied for financial aid when applying for admission. Aid is need-b
- Carleton CollegeUnited StatesCarleton Financial Aid directly confirms it meets 100% of demonstrated need for admitted aid applicants, including international students; international admission is need-aware and international funds limited. Most inter
- Case Western Reserve UniversityUnited StatesLimited institutional need-based aid for first-year international applicants; full need or full ride is NOT guaranteed. Select competitive scholarships may be open to internationals subject to their terms.
- Centre CollegeUnited StatesCentre DOES NOT meet full demonstrated financial need for international applicants through ordinary aid. It generally expects about USD 25,000/year family funding. Only the highly competitive Lincoln Scholars Program off
- Colby CollegeUnited StatesColby meets 100% of its calculated demonstrated need for admitted international students with grants and employment and NO student loans packaged. Colby does not offer institutional merit scholarships. Financial need and
- Colorado CollegeUnited StatesColorado College says it can fully fund only a handful of international students out of thousands; need-based aid is highly competitive. No full-cost aid guarantee for all international applicants.
- Columbia UniversityUnited StatesColumbia College/Columbia Engineering is NEED-AWARE when admitting international first-year applicants (need-blind admission applies to domestic applicants), and commits to meeting 100% of demonstrated need it calculates
- Connecticut CollegeUnited StatesConnecticut College meets 100% of its calculated undergraduate demonstrated need with a combination of grants, loans and part-time employment. International applicants are eligible for institutional aid, but this formula
- Cornell UniversityUnited StatesCornell is NEED-AWARE for international first-year students, and meets 100% of admitted eligible international students’ Cornell-calculated demonstrated financial need with Cornell grants, an annual work-study expectatio
- Dartmouth CollegeUnited StatesDartmouth is need-blind for international applicants and meets 100% of demonstrated financial need for admitted undergraduates who seek aid. Student work expectations exist; travel allowances may be included. Some intern
- Davidson CollegeUnited StatesDavidson is NEED-AWARE for international first-year applicants and meets 100% of college-calculated demonstrated financial need for admitted applicants who filed for aid on time. Aid is limited and very competitive and m
- Denison UniversityUnited StatesDenison is NEED-AWARE for international first-year admissions but meets 100% of Denison-calculated demonstrated need for admitted students. International applicants receive need-based financial aid and automatic consider
- Duke UniversityUnited StatesDuke provides need-based awards covering 100% of its calculated demonstrated need to a very limited number of admitted international first-year students (the Duke aid policy describes roughly 20–25 such students annually
- Emory UniversityUnited StatesEmory offers highly competitive Woodruff/Emory University Scholar Programs, ranging from partial to full merit-based scholarships for first-year applicants of any citizenship. Not all scholarships cover housing and livin
- Franklin & Marshall CollegeUnited StatesFranklin & Marshall is NEED-AWARE for international applicants because limited international funding means substantial need makes admission more selective. For admitted international students who requested aid on time, F
- Gettysburg CollegeUnited StatesGettysburg has highly competitive and LIMITED institutional financial aid for international students and says it strives to meet demonstrated need, but does not promise that all international offers cover full attendance
- Grinnell CollegeUnited StatesGrinnell commits to meet 100% of institutionally assessed demonstrated financial need for admitted international first-year students who apply for aid by the published deadline, typically with grants and student work. Ne
- Hamilton CollegeUnited StatesHamilton College is NEED-AWARE for international applicants: ability to pay may affect admission. It promises to meet 100% of demonstrated need for admitted international aid applicants for four years. Need-based aid may
- Harvard UniversityUnited StatesHarvard College is need-blind for applicants regardless of nationality and meets 100% of demonstrated financial need for admitted students. Aid is need-based, not merit-based; the family contribution is assessed individu
- Haverford CollegeUnited StatesHaverford offers strictly NEED-BASED aid to a limited number of international first-year students and meets 100% of the demonstrated need Haverford calculates for international students offered aid. International travel
- Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited StatesJohns Hopkins is NEED-AWARE for international first-year applicants; only about 10% of international students receive financial aid according to Hopkins. For admitted international students who requested aid, Hopkins mee
- Kenyon CollegeUnited StatesKenyon offers institutional need-based grants and scholarships for eligible international first-years as well as selective merit scholarships, but its published financial-aid descriptions do not constitute a promise of a
- Lafayette CollegeUnited StatesLafayette is NEED-AWARE for international first-year applicants, with very competitive international need-based grants. Lafayette guarantees to meet 100% of its calculated demonstrated need for admitted students, but not
- Lehigh UniversityUnited StatesLehigh is NEED-AWARE for international undergraduate first-year applicants with limited international aid and particularly limited places for students submitting hardship ISAFA rather than CSS. Need-based aid amounts off
- Macalester CollegeUnited StatesMacalester awards competitive need-based aid to international students and also automatically considers international applicants for the limited Charles J. Turck Presidential Honor merit scholarship. International need-b
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited StatesMIT uses need-blind admissions for international and domestic applicants and meets 100% of each admitted undergraduate’s demonstrated financial need across four years through need-based aid. Awards depend on the assessed
- Mount Holyoke CollegeUnited StatesMount Holyoke provides need-based financial aid to qualifying international first-year students, and all first-year applicants are automatically considered for separate merit scholarships. International aid can include c
- Northwestern UniversityUnited StatesNorthwestern is need-aware for international first-year applicants: requesting aid and the amount of need may affect the admission decision. For admitted international first-year students who requested aid, Northwestern
- Oberlin CollegeUnited StatesOberlin is NEED-AWARE for international applicants and offers grants, scholarships, loans, and campus employment to meet 100% of Oberlin-calculated demonstrated need for eligible international students who request aid. O
- Pomona CollegeUnited StatesPomona is NEED-AWARE when admitting international applicants; financial need is considered during selection. For admitted international students who requested aid when applying, Pomona meets 100% of demonstrated financia
- Princeton UniversityUnited StatesPrinceton considers international applicants without regard to financial need and meets 100% of demonstrated financial need for admitted students using grants rather than loans. There are no merit-based scholarships. Eac
- Reed CollegeUnited StatesReed offers need-based aid to admitted international first-year applicants and commits to meet 100% of its calculated demonstrated need for international aid applicants who meet published deadlines. International admissi
- Rice UniversityUnited StatesRice University is NEED-AWARE for international first-year students and offers need-based aid to a limited number of international applicants. For international students who receive need-based aid, Rice meets 100% of dem
- Sewanee: The University of the SouthUnited StatesSewanee automatically considers international first-year applicants for merit scholarships. It awards approximately SEVEN Global Scholarships per year to non-US admitted applicants, covering DIRECT billed tuition, on-cam
- Smith CollegeUnited StatesSmith College meets 100% of its calculated demonstrated need for admitted students who apply for aid by the published deadlines and has eliminated student loans in its undergraduate need-based aid packages. International
- Soka University of AmericaUnited StatesEffective academic year 2027–28 Soka Opportunity Plan: admitted undergraduate students from families earning USD 200,000 or less are guaranteed FULL TUITION coverage (not an automatic full ride covering housing, meals, i
- St. Olaf CollegeUnited StatesSt. Olaf offers need-based aid and merit scholarships to international students, but states a substantial funding gap may remain for non-UWC students. NON-UWC candidates can receive up to 100% of TUITION in St. Olaf gran
- Stanford UniversityUnited StatesStanford meets the full demonstrated financial need of admitted undergraduates, including international students who requested aid while applying. Unlike need-blind colleges, Stanford is NEED-AWARE for international appl
- Swarthmore CollegeUnited StatesSwarthmore is NEED-AWARE for international applicants (financial need is considered in admissions). Once admitted, international students receive loan-free aid covering 100% of the need that Swarthmore calculates. Need-b
- Trinity College (Connecticut)United StatesTrinity College in Hartford, Connecticut meets 100% of institutionally calculated demonstrated need for admitted international students requesting aid. Limited international scholarships, grants, and possible loans may f
- Tulane UniversityUnited StatesTulane offers up to USD 30,000 need-based aid annually for qualifying international students; highly selective separate merit awards may reach full tuition or full cost. Stamps and Global scholarships have award-specific
- Türkiye ScholarshipsTürkiyeMain Türkiye Scholarships government FULL-TIME undergraduate awards generally include university placement, tuition, monthly undergraduate stipend (official current reference: 6,500 TRY per month), one-year Turkish langu
- University of ChicagoUnited StatesUChicago says it meets 100% of institutionally calculated demonstrated financial need for admitted first-year applicants who apply for aid on time, with a combination of grants, scholarships and student work expectations
- University of Hong KongHong KongHKU considers international/non-local undergraduate applicants for academic merit entrance scholarships automatically when they apply. Scholarship sizes and renewal conditions vary by specific faculty or award, and some
- University of PennsylvaniaUnited StatesUniversity of Pennsylvania is NEED-AWARE for international applicants from Bangladesh (need-blind applies to citizens/permanent residents of US, Canada and Mexico). Penn meets 100% of its calculated demonstrated need for
- University of RichmondUnited StatesRichmond is NEED-AWARE for international applicants (the ability to pay affects admission review), but says it meets 100% of Richmond-calculated demonstrated need for admitted international students who apply for aid on
- Vanderbilt UniversityUnited StatesInternational first-year applicants seeking need-based aid are considered NEED-AWARE, with limited, competitive need-based awards. International first-years can also apply for Vanderbilt signature merit scholarships. Cor
- Washington and Lee UniversityUnited StatesWashington and Lee is NEED-BLIND for international first-year admission and meets 100% of demonstrated need without student loans for admitted international students with complete need-based aid applications. The Johnson
- Washington University in St. LouisUnited StatesWashU meets 100% of its calculated demonstrated financial need for admitted undergraduate students, including admitted international aid applicants, but is NEED-AWARE for non-US international applicants (need-blind polic
- Wellesley CollegeUnited StatesWellesley meets 100% of its calculated financial need for admitted international students who requested financial aid during the admission process, but funds for international citizens are limited and competition is stro
- Wesleyan UniversityUnited StatesWesleyan meets 100% of demonstrated need for admitted students seeking aid, including international students. International admission with requested financial aid is highly competitive and need-aware. Wesleyan has a limi
- Williams CollegeUnited StatesWilliams meets 100% of demonstrated financial need for all admitted students including international applicants, with a comprehensive need-based package guaranteed for four years. International packages can cover textboo
- Yale UniversityUnited StatesYale uses need-blind admission for international applicants and meets 100% of admitted students’ demonstrated financial need with need-based aid. Family contribution is assessed individually; meeting calculated need does