| rank | school | percent receiving need-based grants: | average discount from total cost: |
| #1 | texas lutheran university seguin, tx | 80.2% | 41% |
| #2 | carroll college helena, mt | 65.5% | 38% |
| #3 | masters college and seminary santa clarita, ca | 76.0% | 39% |
| #4 | rocky mountain college billings, mt | 72.2% | 42% |
| #5 | oklahoma wesleyan university bartlesville, ok | 77.8% | 32% |
| #6 | corban university salem, or | 83.6% | 39% |
| #7 | northwest university kirkland, wa | 78.0% | 41% |
| #8 | howard payne university brownwood, tx | 81.6% | 38% |
| #9 | oklahoma baptist university shawnee, ok | 60.1% | 15% |
| #10 | montana tech of the university of montana butte, mt | 23.0% | 18% |