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Which USA universities and colleges offer the best and most financial aid and what are their income thresholds?

Institution Meets Full Demonstrated Need No-Loan Policy Income Threshold for No-Loan Policy
Amherst College Yes Yes No maximum income
Arizona State University No Yes Up to $60,000 (Arizona residents)
Boston College Yes No N/A
Boston University No No N/A
Bowdoin College Yes Yes No maximum income
Brown University Yes Yes No maximum income
California Institute of Technology Yes Yes Below $60,000
Carnegie Mellon University Yes No N/A
Case Western Reserve University Yes No N/A
Claremont McKenna College Yes Yes No maximum income
Clark University No No N/A
Clemson University No No N/A
Colby College Yes Yes No maximum income; all students
Colorado School of Mines No No N/A
Columbia University Yes Yes No maximum income
Cornell University Yes Yes Below $75,000
Dartmouth College Yes Yes Below $100,000
DePaul University No No N/A
Drexel University No No N/A
Duke University Yes Yes Below $40,000
Emory University Yes Yes Below $100,000
Florida State University No No N/A
Fordham University No No N/A
George Washington University No No N/A
Georgetown University Yes No N/A
Georgia Institute of Technology No No N/A
Harvard University Yes Yes No maximum income
Howard University No No N/A
Illinois Institute of Technology No No N/A
Indiana University Bloomington No No N/A
Johns Hopkins University Yes No N/A
Lafayette College Yes Yes Below $50,000
Lehigh University Yes Yes Below $50,000
Loyola Marymount University No No N/A
Marquette University No No N/A
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Yes Yes Below $75,000
Michigan State University No Yes Michigan residents at or below the federal poverty line
New York University No No N/A
Northeastern University No No N/A
Northwestern University Yes Yes Below approximately $55,000
Pennsylvania State University No No N/A
Pepperdine University No No N/A
Princeton University Yes Yes No maximum income
Purdue University No No N/A
Rice University Yes Yes Below $80,000
Santa Clara University No No N/A
Stanford University Yes Yes Below $150,000
Stevens Institute of Technology No No N/A
Swarthmore College Yes Yes All students with financial need
Syracuse University No No N/A
Texas A&M University No No N/A
Tufts University Yes Yes Below $40,000
Tulane University No No N/A
University at Buffalo (SUNY) No No N/A
University of Alabama No No N/A
University of Arizona No No N/A
University of California, Berkeley No No N/A
University of California, Davis No No N/A
University of California, Los Angeles No No N/A
University of California, San Diego No No N/A
University of Chicago Yes Yes No maximum income
University of Colorado Boulder No No N/A
University of Connecticut No No N/A
University of Delaware No No N/A
University of Denver No No N/A
University of Florida No No N/A
University of Georgia No No N/A
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign No No N/A
University of Iowa No No N/A
University of Kansas No No N/A
University of Maryland, College Park Yes Yes Maryland residents with 0 EFC
University of Massachusetts Amherst No No N/A
University of Miami No No N/A
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor No No N/A
University of Minnesota Twin Cities No No N/A
University of Missouri No No N/A
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Yes Yes Below 200% of federal poverty line
University of North Texas No No N/A
University of Notre Dame No No N/A
University of Oklahoma No No N/A
University of Oregon No No N/A
University of Pennsylvania Yes Yes No maximum income
University of Pittsburgh No No N/A
University of Rhode Island No No N/A