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College Application Advice - College Policies (List)

  • Writer: undocumentedameric
    undocumentedameric
  • Jan 9
  • 3 min read

Updated: May 13

This list includes colleges that meet full or near-full financial need for undocumented students. Please note: policies can change over time, and this list continues to grow. It’s always a good idea to reach out to the schools you're interested in—even if they aren’t listed here—to confirm their current policies.

  • Need-Blind: Admissions decisions are made without considering the applicant's financial situation. This means that coming from a low income household will not hurt your chance of getting into a specific college. 

  • Meet Full Need: The college commits to covering 100% of demonstrated financial need through financial aid packages (grants, scholarships, and sometimes loans).

  • Loan-Free: Financial aid packages do not include loans, only grants and scholarships that do not need to be repaid.

  • Institutional Aid: Financial assistance provided directly by the college or university, often in the form of grants or scholarships, rather than federal aid.

College Name

State

Need-Blind

Meet full need

Loan-Free

Institutional aid

Amherst College

MA

Y

Y

Y

Y

Babson College

MA

Y

Not for every accepted student, but undocumented students selected for the Global Scholars Program will receive four-year, full-tuition scholarships (should verify with college regarding their updated policy on the Global Scholars Program

N

They offer both need-based and merit-based scholarships, but limited amount

Barnard College

NY

N

Y

N

Y

Bates College

ME

N

Y

N

Y

Bowdoin College

ME

Y

Y

Y

Y

Brandeis University

MA

N

Y

N

Y

Brown University

RI

Y

Y

Y

Y

Bryn Mawr College

PA

N

Y

N

Y

Carleton College

MN

No, if they cannot meet your demonstrated financial need, they will not offer you admission.

Y

No and uncoumented students are eligeble for Carleton-based loans

Y

Case Western Reserve University

OH

N

Y

N

Y

Claremont McKenna College

CA

Y

Y

N

Y

Colby College

ME

N

Y

Y

Y

Colgate University

NY

Unclear

Y

N

Y

Colorado College

CO

Unclear

Y

N

Y

Columbia Universitiy

NY

Y

Y

Y

Y

Connecticut College

CT

N

Y?

N

Y?

Cornell University

NY

N

Y

N

Y

Dartmouth College

NH

Y

Y

N

Y

Denison University

OH

N

Y

N

Y

Duke University

NC

No, but treated equally "Applications from undocumented and DACA students, and uses the same "need-blind" process as applicants who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents"

Y

N

Y

Emory University

GA

Y

Y

N

Y

Franklin and Marshall College

PA

N

Y

N

Y

Georgetown University

DC

Y

Y

Y

Y

Grinnell College

IA

Y

Y

N

Y

Hamilton College

NY

N

Y

N

Y

Harvard University

MA

Y

Y

Y

Y

Haverford College

PA

Uncler

Y

N

Y

Johns Hopkins University

MD

Y

Y

Y

Y

Lafayette College

PA

N

Y

N

Y

Lehigh University

PA

Y

Y

N

Y

Macalester College

MN

N

Y

N

Y

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

MA

Y

Y

N

Y

Middlebury College

VT

Y

Y

N

Y

Minerva Schools at KGI

CA

Y

Y

N

Y

Mount Holyoke College

MA

No, but treated equally as U.S. citizens or permanent residents

Might not meet full need. But treated equally

N

Y

Oberlin College

OH

N

Y

N

Y

Occidental College

CA

N

Y

N

Y

Pomona College

CA

Y

Y

Pomona College does not require students to take out loans to pay for school, but it does offer several loan options

Y

Princeton University

NJ

Y

Y

Y

Y

Reed College

OR

N

Y

N

Y

Rice University

TX

Y

Y

Y

Y

Sewanee, The University of the South

TN

N

Might not meet full need. But treated equally and have access to full range of academic scholarships and financial aid.

N

Y

Skidmore College

NY

N

Y

N

Y

Smith College

MA


Y


Y

Soka University of America

CA

Y

Yes, "admitted undergraduate students with a family income of less than $90,000 will not pay tuition out of pocket"

N

Y

Stanford University

CA

Y

Y

N

Y

Swarthmore College

PA

Y

Y

Y

Y

Syracuse University

NY

N

Y

Y

Y

Trinity College

CT

N

Y

N

Y

Tufts University

MA

N

Y

N

Y

University of Chicago

IL

Yes?

Y

N

Y

University of Notre Dame

IN

Y

Y

N

Y

University of Pennsylvania

PA

Y

Y

Y

Y

University of Richmond

VA

N

Y

Y

Y

University of Rochester

NY

No, but treated equally as U.S. citizens or permanent residents

Y

N

Y

Vassar College

NY

N

Y

N

Y

Washington and Lee University

VA

Y

Y

Y

Y

Washington University in St. Louis

MO

N

Y

N

Y

Wellesley College

MA

N

Y

Y

Y

Wesleyan University

CT

N

Y

N

Y

Williams College

MA

Y

Y

N

Y

Yale University

CT

Y

Y

Y

Y


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