Colleges With The Most Merit Based Scholarship Dollars Awarded

On July 15th, the NCAA’s Division 1 Council voted to adopt legislation that exempts need-and-merit-based financial aid from counting against athletic scholarship limits for partial-scholarship sports. Below you will find a list of schools that will provide additional resources beyond athletic scholarship dollars.

Top 10 colleges for total merit scholarships

Public Colleges

1. University of Alabama
2. Arizona State University
3. University of Colorado
4. Ohio State University
5. Indiana University
6. University of Arizona
7. South Carolina University
8. Miami University (OH)
9. University of Kentucky
10. University of Vermont

Private Colleges

1. Baylor University
2. USC
3. Tulane University
4. Drexel University
5. SMU
6. University of Dayton
7. George Washington University
8. University of Miami (FL)
9. Loyola-Chicago
10. TCU