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Need-blind admission for every applicant regardless of citizenship. Since the 2025–26 academic year, MIT is tuition-free for undergraduates — including international students — from families with typical assets and annual income below $200,000, and fully free (tuition, housing, meals) below $100,000.

Need-blind admission for all applicants regardless of citizenship or immigration status. Starting the 2026–27 academic year, Yale eliminates all expected costs — tuition, room, board and fees — for families with typical assets and annual income under $100,000, and covers tuition in full for families under $200,000.

Need-blind admission for every applicant regardless of citizenship, with 100% of demonstrated financial need met through grants, not loans — the same policy for international and domestic students. 69% of the Class of 2029 qualified for aid, and the average grant for aid recipients is roughly $80,000/year, bringing their average net cost down to about $6,680/year.

Need-blind admission regardless of citizenship, with financial aid decisions made the same way for every applicant. Families with income of $100,000/year or less (with typical assets) pay nothing — aid covers all billed expenses plus a $2,000 start-up grant. Families up to $200,000/year get full tuition covered under 'Free Tuition Plus', with further aid toward fees, food and housing assessed individually.

Important difference from MIT/Yale/Princeton/Harvard on this page: Stanford is need-blind ONLY for U.S. citizens, permanent residents, undocumented students, and 'Eligible Noncitizens' — for everyone else, including international applicants applying from abroad, financial aid need IS a factor in the admission decision (need-aware). Once admitted, Stanford commits to meeting 100% of demonstrated financial need regardless of citizenship.

Columbia states plainly that it is NOT need-blind for international/non-domestic applicants — financial aid need is a factor in the admission decision. Once admitted, Columbia commits to meeting 100% of demonstrated financial need for international students who apply for and demonstrate that need at admission time.

Need-blind for international applicants: Amherst says it admits international students 'without regard to their level of financial need', and meets 100% of calculated need for every admitted international student who applies for aid — with no loans in the initial offer.

Need-blind for every applicant regardless of citizenship since the Class of 2026, and Dartmouth meets the full demonstrated need of every admitted student, whatever their citizenship.

Need-blind for international students beginning with the Class of 2029, and Brown meets full demonstrated need for students who are admitted — as long as you apply for aid when you apply for admission.

Bowdoin expanded its need-blind admission policy to include international citizens (announced July 2022), and provides aid that meets each admitted student's full calculated need.