There are several colleges that are dedicated to making undocumented students’ college dreams come true. These colleges meet 100% of the students’ demonstrated financial need with grants, student employment, scholarships, and, in some cases, student loans.
We have compiled an alphabetical list of colleges that meet 100% of financial need for undocumented students. If you are interested in learning more, check out these schools on College Greenlight by clicking the school name. Please note that these colleges pledge to meet a student’s full demonstrated financial need. Most students will still have an expected family contribution they are responsible for.
Need-blind: Yes
Required documents: College Board CSS/financial aid PROFILE, income tax returns/income verification
Description: Amherst College meets the full demonstrated financial need of every admitted student regardless of citizenship status. Aid packages for undocumented applicants and DACA students include on-campus employment (when possible) and institutional grants. When student employment is impossible, Amherst may replace that portion of the aid package with a loan that students are not required to accept. Admissions are need-blind for undocumented students and DACA students. To apply for financial aid, undocumented and DACA students must submit the College Board CSS/financial aid PROFLE form, and income tax returns for their parents (or income verification).
Aid package components: on-campus employment (when possible), institutional grants
Required documents: College Board CSS/financial aid PROFILE, income tax returns/Non-Tax Filer Statement
Description: Bowdoin College meets the full demonstrated financial need of every admitted student regardless of citizenship status. Aid packages for undocumented applicants and DACA students include on-campus employment (when possible) and institutional grants. Undocumented and DACA students apply are treated as domestic applicants. To apply for financial aid, undocumented and DACA students must submit a College Board CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE form and federal income tax returns for their parents (or Non-Tax Filer Statement if they do not file taxes).
Need-blind: Yes
Required documents: College Board CSS/financial aid PROFILE, income tax returns/Non-Tax Filer Statement
Description: Brown University meets the full demonstrated financial need of every admitted student regardless of citizenship status. Aid packages for undocumented applicants and DACA students include on-campus employment (when possible) and institutional grants. Admissions are need-blind for undocumented students and DACA students. Undocumented and DACA students are treated as domestic applicants. To apply for financial aid, undocumented and DACA students must submit a College Board CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE form and federal income tax returns for themselves and their parents (or Non-Tax Filer statement if they do not file taxes).
Need-blind: Yes*
Required documents: College Board CSS/financial aid PROFILE
Description: Carleton College meets the full demonstrated financial need of every admitted student regardless of citizenship status. Aid packages for undocumented applicants and DACA students include on-campus employment (when possible), institutional grants, and loans. *Admissions are need-blind for DACA students until financial aid funds are exhausted, at which point only students without need are admitted. Admissions are not need-blind for undocumented students without DACA status. DACA students are treated as domestic applicants, while undocumented students without DACA status are treated as international applicants. To apply for financial aid, undocumented and DACA students must submit a College Board CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE form. Admitted undocumented and DACA students may be eligible for state-based financial aid (see Minnesota Dream Act)
Need-blind: No
Required documents: College Board CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE form, federal income tax returns, W-2 forms
Description: Colorado College meets the full demonstrated financial need of every admitted student regardless of citizenship status. Aid packages for undocumented applicants and DACA students are comprised solely of institutional grants. Admissions are not need-blind. To apply for financial aid, undocumented and DACA students must submit a College Board CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE form, federal income tax returns for themselves and their parents, and W-2 forms for themselves and their parents.
Need-blind: Yes
Required documents: College Board CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE, federal income tax returns/Non-Tax Filer Statement
Description: Columbia University meets the full demonstrated financial need of every admitted student regardless of citizenship status. Aid packages for undocumented applicants and DACA students are compromised solely of institutional grants. Admissions are need-blind for undocumented students and DACA students. To apply for financial aid, undocumented and DACA students must submit a College Board CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE form and federal income tax returns for themselves and their parents (or Non-Tax Filer Statement if they do not file taxes). Admitted undocumented and DACA students may be eligible for state-based financial aid (see NY Dream Act?)
Aid package components: institutionally based
Need-blind: Yes
Required documents: College Board CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE form, federal income tax returns/Non-Tax Filer Statement
Description: Cornell University meets the full demonstrated financial need of every admitted student regardless of citizenship status. Aid packages for undocumented applicants and DACA students are comprised solely of institutionally-based aid. Admissions are need-blind for undocumented students and DACA students. Undocumented and DACA students are treated as domestic applicants. To apply for financial aid, undocumented and DACA students must submit a College Board CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE form and federal income tax returns for themselves and their parents (or Non-Tax Filer Statement if they do not file taxes). Admitted undocumented and DACA students may be eligible for state-based financial aid
Need-blind: Yes
Required documents: College Board CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE form, College Board IDOC
Description: Dartmouth College meets the full demonstrated financial need of every admitted student regardless of citizenship status. Aid packages for undocumented applicants and DACA students include institutional grants, loans and on campus employment that may be replaced with institutional loans if necessary. Admissions are need-blind for undocumented students and DACA students. Undocumented and DACA students are treated as domestic applicants. To apply for financial aid, undocumented and DACA students must submit a College Board CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE form and a College Board IDOC form.
Need-blind: Yes
Required documents: College Board CSS/Financial aid PROFILE form, College Board IDOC
Description: Duke University meets the full demonstrated financial need of every admitted student regardless of citizenship status. Aid packages for undocumented applicants are comprised solely of institutional grants, while aid packages for DACA students may include on-campus employment as well. Admissions are need-blind for undocumented students and DACA students. Undocumented and DACA students are treated as domestic applicants. To apply for financial aid, undocumented and DACA students must submit a College Board CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE form and a College Board IDOC form.
Need-blind: Yes
Required documents: College Board CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE
Description: Emory University meets the full demonstrated financial need of every admitted student regardless of citizenship status. Aid packages for undocumented applicants and DACA students include institutional grants, on-campus employment that may be replaced with institutional loans if necessary. Admissions are need-blind for undocumented and DACA students. Undocumented and DACA students are treated as international students. To apply for financial aid, undocumented and DACA students must submit a College Board CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE form.
Need-blind: Yes
Required documents: College Board CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE
Description: Georgetown University meets the full demonstrated financial need of every admitted student regardless of citizenship status. Aid packages for undocumented applicants and DACA students include institutional grants and on-campus employment (if possible). Admissions are need-blind for undocumented students and DACA students. To apply for financial aid, undocumented and DACA students must submit a College Board CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE form.
Need-blind: No
Required documents: Hamilton College Financial Aid Application E-form, International Student Financial Aid Application, Certification of Finances, College Board CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE
Description: Hamilton College meets the full demonstrated financial need of every admitted student regardless of citizenship status. Aid packages for undocumented applicants and DACA students include institutional grants and on-campus employment (when possible). Admissions are not need-blind. To apply for financial aid, undocumented and DACA students must submit a Hamilton College Financial Aid Application E-form, International Student Financial Aid Application, Certification of Finances, and the College Board CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE form. Admitted undocumented and DACA students may be eligible for state-based financial aid (see NY Dream Act)
Need-blind: Yes
Required documents: College Board CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE, College Board IDOC
Description: Harvard University meets the full demonstrated financial need of every admitted student regardless of citizenship status. Aid packages for undocumented applicants and DACA students include institutional grants and on-campus employment (when possible). Admissions are need-blind for undocumented students and DACA students. To apply for financial aid, undocumented and DACA students must submit a College Board CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE form and a College Board IDOC form.
Need-blind: No
Required documents: College Board CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE, and possibly federal income tax returns, W-2 forms, tax schedules
Description: Haverford College meets the full demonstrated financial need of every admitted student regardless of citizenship status. Aid packages for undocumented applicants and DACA students include institutional grants and on-campus employment (when possible). Admissions are not need-blind. To apply for financial aid, undocumented and DACA students must submit a College Board CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE form and possibly supporting documents including but not limited to tax returns for their parents and themselves, W-2 forms, and tax schedules through the College Board IDOC.
Need-blind: Yes
Required documents: College Board CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE, federal income tax returns via College board IDOC
Description: Johns Hopkins University meets the full demonstrated financial need of every admitted student regardless of citizenship status. Admissions are need-blind for undocumented students and DACA students. Undocumented and DACA students are treated as domestic applicants. To apply for financial aid, undocumented and DACA students must submit a College Board CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE form and federal income tax returns for themselves and their parents (or an alternative form of income verification) through the College Board IDOC.
Need-blind: No
Required documents: College Board CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE, Certificate of Finances Form
Description: Lehigh University meets the full demonstrated financial need of every admitted student regardless of citizenship status. Aid packages for undocumented applicants and DACA students are comprised solely of institutionally-based aid. Admissions are not need-blind. To apply for financial aid, undocumented students must submit a College Board CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE form and Lehigh University’s Certificate of Finances Form. Students with DACA status are prompted to contact the financial aid office for specific information regarding the application process.
Need-blind: No
Required documents: College Board CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE, and possibly federal income tax returns, W-2 forms, tax schedules
Description: Macalester College meets the full demonstrated financial need of every admitted student regardless of citizenship status. Aid packages for undocumented applicants and DACA students include institutional grants, loans and on campus employment that may be replaced with institutional loans if necessary. Admissions are not need-blind. To apply for financial aid, undocumented and DACA students must submit a College Board CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE form and possibly supporting documents including but not limited to tax returns for their parents and themselves, W-2 forms, and tax schedules through the College Board IDOC. Admitted undocumented and DACA students may be eligible for state-based financial aid (see Minnesota Dream Act)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology:
Need-blind: Yes
Required documents: College Board CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE, federal income tax returns/alternative form of income verification
Description: The Massachusetts Institute of Technology meets the full demonstrated financial need of every admitted student regardless of citizenship status. Aid packages for undocumented applicants and DACA students include institutional grants and on-campus employment that may be replaced with institutional loans if necessary. Admissions are need-blind for undocumented students and DACA students. Undocumented and DACA students are treated as international applicants. To apply for financial aid, undocumented and DACA students must submit a College Board CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE form and federal income tax returns for themselves and their parents (or an alternative form of income verification) through the College Board IDOC.
Need-blind: Yes
Required documents: College Board CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE, federal income tax returns/alternative form of income verification
Description: Middlebury College meets the full demonstrated financial need of every admitted student regardless of citizenship status. Aid packages for undocumented applicants and DACA students include institutional grants and on-campus employment (when possible). Admissions are need-blind for undocumented students and DACA students. Undocumented and DACA students are treated as international applicants. To apply for financial aid, undocumented and DACA students must submit a College Board CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE form and federal income tax returns for themselves and their parents (or an alternative form of income verification) through the College Board IDOC.
Need-blind: No
Required documents: College Board CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE form
Description: Oberlin College meets the full demonstrated financial need of every admitted student regardless of citizenship status. Aid packages for undocumented applicants and DACA students may include institutional grants, on-campus employment, and institutional loans when appropriate. Admissions are not need-blind. To apply for financial aid, undocumented and DACA students must submit a College Board CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE form.
Need-blind: No
Required documents: College Board CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE
Description: Occidental College meets the full demonstrated financial need of every admitted student regardless of citizenship status. Aid packages for undocumented applicants and DACA students are comprised solely of institutional aid. Admissions are not need-blind. To apply for financial aid, undocumented and DACA students must submit a College Board CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE form. Admitted undocumented and DACA students may be eligible for state-based financial aid (see California Dream Act).
Need-blind: Yes
Required documents: College Board CSS/Financial aid PROFILE form, CA Dream Act Application, federal income tax returns
Description: Pomona College meets the full demonstrated financial need of every admitted student regardless of citizenship status. Aid packages for undocumented applicants and DACA students include institutional grants and on-campus employment (when possible). Admissions are need-blind for undocumented students and DACA students. Undocumented and DACA students are treated as domestic applicants. To apply for financial aid, undocumented and DACA students must submit a College Board CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE form, a CA Dream Act Application (see CA Dream Act) and federal income tax returns for themselves and their parents (or an alternative form of income verification) through the College Board IDOC. Admitted undocumented and DACA students may be eligible for state-based financial aid (see CA Dream Act)
Need-blind: Yes
Required documents: Princeton Financial Aid Application, tax returns and W-2s/Non-Tax Filer Statement and income documentation
Description: Princeton University meets the full demonstrated financial need of every admitted student regardless of citizenship status. Aid packages for undocumented applicants and DACA students include institutional grants and on-campus employment (when possible). Admissions are need-blind for undocumented students and DACA students. Undocumented and DACA students are treated as international applicants. To apply for financial aid, undocumented and DACA students must submit a Princeton Financial Aid Application and tax returns and W-2s for their parents and themselves (or Non-Tax Filer Statement and income documentation if they do not file taxes).
Need-blind: Yes
Required documents: College Board CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE, federal income tax returns/alternative form of income verification
Description: Rice University meets the full demonstrated financial need of every admitted student regardless of citizenship status. Aid packages for undocumented applicants and DACA students may include institutional grants, on-campus employment (when possible), and available loans. Admissions are need-blind for undocumented students and DACA students. To apply for financial aid, undocumented and DACA students must submit a College Board CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE form and federal income tax returns for themselves and their parents (or an alternative form of income verification) through the College Board IDOC. Admitted undocumented and DACA students may be eligible for state-based financial aid (see TX Dream Act)
Need-blind: Yes
Required documents: College Board CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE, federal income tax returns/Non-Tax Filer Statement
Description: Smith College meets the full demonstrated financial need of every admitted student regardless of citizenship status. Aid packages for undocumented applicants and DACA students are comprised solely of institutionally-based aid. Admissions are need-blind for undocumented students and DACA students. To apply for financial aid, undocumented and DACA students must submit a College Board CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE form and federal income tax returns for themselves and their parents (or Non-Tax Filer Statement if they do not file taxes).
Need-blind: Yes
Required documents: College Board CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE, federal income tax returns/Non-Tax Filer Statement, California Dream Act Application
Description: Stanford University meets the full demonstrated financial need of every admitted student regardless of citizenship status. Aid packages for undocumented applicants and DACA students are comprised solely of institutionally-based aid. Admissions are need-blind for undocumented students and DACA students. To apply for financial aid, undocumented and DACA students must submit a College Board CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE form, federal income tax returns for themselves and their parents (or Non-Tax Filer Statement if they do not file taxes) through the college board IDOC form, and the California Dream Act Application. Admitted undocumented and DACA students may be eligible for state-based financial aid (see CA Dream Act).
Need-blind: Yes
Required documents: College Board CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE form
Description: Swarthmore College meets the full demonstrated financial need of every admitted student regardless of citizenship status. Aid packages for undocumented applicants and DACA students are comprised solely of institutionally-based aid. Admissions are need-blind for undocumented students and DACA students. To apply for financial aid, undocumented and DACA students must submit a College Board CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE form and other information as requested.
Need-blind: No
Required documents: College Board CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE, federal income tax returns and W-2s/Non-Tax Filer Statement
Description: Trinity College meets the full demonstrated financial need of every admitted student regardless of citizenship status. Admissions are not need-blind. Undocumented and DACA students are treated as domestic applicants. To apply for financial aid, undocumented and DACA students must submit a College Board CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE form and federal income tax returns and W-2s for themselves and their parents (or Non-Tax Filer Statement if they do not file taxes).
Need-blind: No
Required documents: College Board CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE, federal income tax returns/Non-Tax Filer Statement
Description: Tufts University meets the full demonstrated financial need of every admitted student regardless of citizenship status. Aid packages for undocumented applicants and DACA students are comprised solely of institutionally-based aid. Admissions are not need-blind. Undocumented and DACA students are treated as domestic applicants. To apply for financial aid, undocumented and DACA students must submit a College Board CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE form and federal income tax returns for themselves and their parents (or Non-Tax Filer Statement if they do not file taxes) through the college board IDOC form.
Need-blind: Yes
Required documents: UChicago international financial aid worksheet, federal income tax returns and W2s/Non-Tax Filer Statement
Description: The University of Chicago meets the full demonstrated financial need of every admitted student regardless of citizenship status. Aid packages for undocumented applicants and DACA students are comprised solely of institutionally-based aid. Admissions are need-blind for undocumented and DACA students. Undocumented and DACA students are treated as international applicants. To apply for financial aid, undocumented and DACA students must submit a UChicago international financial aid worksheet, and federal income tax returns (including all schedules) and W-2s for themselves and their parents (or Non-Tax Filer Statement if they do not file taxes). Admitted undocumented and DACA students may be eligible for state-based financial aid.
Need-blind: Yes
Required documents: College Board CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE
Description: The University of Notre Dame meets the full demonstrated financial need of every admitted student regardless of citizenship status. Aid packages for undocumented applicants are comprised solely of institutional grants, while aid packages for DACA students may also include on-campus employment. Admissions are need-blind for undocumented students and DACA students. To apply for financial aid, undocumented and DACA students must submit a College Board CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE form.
Need-blind: Yes
Required documents: College Board CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE
Description: The University of Pennsylvania meets the full demonstrated financial need of every admitted student regardless of citizenship status. Aid packages for undocumented applicants are comprised solely of institutional grants, while aid packages for DACA students may also include on-campus employment. Admissions are need-blind for undocumented students and DACA students with Mexican or Canadian citizenship. Undocumented and DACA students are treated as international applicants. To apply for financial aid, undocumented and DACA students must submit a College Board CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE form.
Need-blind: No
Required documents: College Board CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE, federal income tax returns/Non-Tax Filer Statement
Description: The University of Rochester meets the full demonstrated financial need of every admitted student regardless of citizenship status. Aid packages for undocumented applicants and DACA students are comprised solely of institutionally-based aid. Admissions are not need-blind. Undocumented and DACA students are treated as domestic applicants. To apply for financial aid, undocumented and DACA students must submit a College Board CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE form and federal income tax returns for themselves and their parents (or Non-Tax Filer Statement if they do not file taxes) through the college board IDOC form. Admitted undocumented and DACA students may be eligible for state-based financial aid.
Need-blind: Yes
Required Documents: TBD
Description: The University of Virginia meets the full demonstrated financial need of every admitted student with DACA status. Admissions are need-blind. The process for applying for financial aid has not been determined yet, since funding for DACA recipients is newly available.
Need-blind: No
Required documents: College Board CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE, federal income tax returns/Non-Tax Filer Statement
Description: Vassar College meets the full demonstrated financial need of every admitted student regardless of citizenship status. Aid packages for undocumented applicants and DACA students are comprised solely of institutionally-based aid. Admissions are not need-blind. Undocumented and DACA students are treated as international applicants. To apply for financial aid, undocumented and DACA students must submit a College Board CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE form and federal income tax returns for themselves and their parents (or Non-Tax Filer Statement if they do not file taxes) through the college board IDOC form. Admitted undocumented and DACA students may be eligible for state-based financial aid.
Washington University in Saint Louis:
Need-blind: No
Required documents: College Board CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE, Family Financial Profile (FFP)
Description: Washington University in Saint Louis meets the full demonstrated financial need of every admitted student regardless of citizenship status. Aid packages for undocumented applicants and DACA students are comprised solely of institutionally-based aid. Admissions are not need-blind. To apply for financial aid, undocumented and DACA students must submit a College Board CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE form or Washington University’s Family Financial Profile (FFP).
Need-blind: No
Required documents: Financial Aid Intent Form, in some cases a College Board CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE form
Description: Wellesley College meets the full demonstrated financial need of every admitted student regardless of citizenship status. Aid packages for undocumented applicants and DACA students include institutional grants and on-campus employment that may be replaced with institutional loans if necessary. Admissions are not need-blind. To apply for financial aid, undocumented and DACA students must submit a Financial Aid Intent Form, additional information when prompted via the Applicant Portal (which they will gain access to after submitting the Intent Form), and in some cases a College Board CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE form.
Need-blind: No
Required documents: College Board CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE, federal income tax returns/Non-Tax Filer Statement
Description: Wesleyan College meets the full demonstrated financial need of every admitted student regardless of citizenship status. Aid packages for undocumented applicants and DACA students are comprised solely of institutionally-based aid. Admissions are not need-blind. To apply for financial aid, undocumented and DACA students must submit a College Board CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE form and federal income tax returns for their parents (or Non-Tax Filer Statement if they do not file taxes) through the college board IDOC form.
Need-blind: Yes
Required documents: College Board CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE, and maybe income information, asset information, photocopy of passport, citizenship documents
Description: Williams College meets the full demonstrated financial need of every admitted student regardless of citizenship status. Aid packages for undocumented applicants and DACA students include institutional grants and on-campus employment that may be replaced with institutional loans if necessary. Admissions are need-blind for undocumented students and DACA students. To apply for financial aid, undocumented and DACA students must submit a College Board CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE form, and be prepared to submit income information, non-custodial parent income and asset information, and a photocopy of their passport or citizenship documents upon request.
Need-blind: Yes
Required documents: College Board CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE, federal income tax returns/alternative form of income verification
Description: Yale University meets the full demonstrated financial need of every admitted student regardless of citizenship status. Aid packages for undocumented applicants and DACA students include institutional grants and on-campus employment that may be replaced with institutional loans if necessary. Admissions are need-blind for undocumented and DACA students. Undocumented and DACA students are treated as international students. To apply for financial aid, undocumented and DACA students must submit a College Board CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE form and federal income tax returns for themselves and their parents (or an alternative form of income verification) through the College Board IDOC.