Private Schools
Schools in Blue: Say Yes partner colleges that may provide financial aid packages that cover more than tuition costs, for example, room & board, and/or books.
Schools in Black: Say Yes partner colleges that offer an unlimited number of tuition scholarships to Say Yes Buffalo eligible students.
Schools in Green: Say Yes partner colleges that offer a limited number (in parentheses) of Say Yes Buffalo scholarships per year. Not all students who are admitted to these schools are guaranteed a Say Yes Buffalo Scholarship.
Schools in Pink: Historically Black College or University (HBCU)
- Alfred University (NY) (5)
- Bates College (ME)
- Berea College (KY)
- Benedict College (SC)
- Bennett College (NC)
- Boston University (MA)
- Bowdoin College (ME) – Will consider family and other assets in addition to total family income to determine eligibility for Say Yes Awards. Bowdoin will treat the Say Yes Choice Grant as an outside scholarship that will first be applied to reduce any work in the student’s financial aid package.
- Brown University (RI)
- Bryant & Stratton (NY) – Buffalo, Southtowns, or Amherst location
- Bucknell University (PA) – Will consider family and other assets in addition to total family income to determine eligibility for Say Yes Awards.
- California Institute of Technology (CA)
- Canisius College (NY) (10)
- Carleton College (MN) – Will consider family and other assets in addition to total family income to determine eligibility for Say Yes Awards.
- Case Western Reserve University (OH)
- Claremont McKenna College (CA)
- Clarkson University (NY)
- Cleveland Institute of Music (OH)
- Colby College (ME)
- Colgate University (NY) – Transfer students not eligible. Will consider family and other assets in addition to total family income to determine eligibility for Say Yes Awards.
- College of Wooster (OH) – *Will consider parent and/or student assets as well as the income and assets of non-custodial parents (when applicable) to determine eligibility for Say Yes Awards.
- Colorado College (CO) – Will consider family and other assets in addition to total family income to determine eligibility for Say Yes Awards.
- Columbia University (NY)
- Cooper Union (NY) – Tuition scholarship for students from any family income.
- Cornell University (NY) – Will consider family and other assets in addition to total family income to determine eligibility for Say Yes Awards.
- Crouse Hospital College of Nursing (NY) (2)
- Daemen College (NY) (3)
- Dartmouth College (NH)
- Davidson College (NC) – Will consider family and other assets in addition to total family income to determine eligibility for Say Yes Awards.
- Denison University (OH)
- Dickinson College (PA)
- Drew University (NJ)
- Duke University (NC) – Will consider family and other assets in addition to total family income to determine eligibility for Say Yes Awards.
- D’Youville University (NY)
- Franklin & Marshall College (PA) – Will consider family and other assets in addition to total family income to determine eligibility for Say Yes Awards.
- George Washington University (DC)
- Georgetown University (DC) – Will consider family and other assets in addition to total family income to determine eligibility for Say Yes Awards.
- Greensboro College (NC)
- Guilford College (NC)
- Hamilton College (NY) – Transfer students not eligible. Hamilton will consider family assets in addition to total family income to determine eligibility for Say Yes Awards.
- Harvard University (MA)
- Harvey Mudd College (CA)
- Hilbert College (NY)
- Houghton University (Houghton, NY) (1)
- Houghton University (Buffalo, NY) (15)
- Ithaca College (NY)
- Johns Hopkins University (MD)
- Kenyon College (OH)
- Lehigh University (PA)
- Lycoming College (PA) – Will consider family and other assets in addition to total family income to determine eligibility for Say Yes Awards.
- Marist College (NY)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MA)
- Monroe College (NY)
- Morehouse College (GA)
- Muhlenberg College (PA)
- Niagara University (NY) (3)
- Northeastern University (MA)
- Northwestern University (IL)
- Oberlin College (OH)
- Occidental College (CA)
- Ohio Northern University (OH)
- Paul Smith’s College of the Adirondacks (NY)
- Paul Quinn College (TX)
- Pitzer College (CA)
- Pomona College (CA)
- Princeton University (NJ)
- Providence College (RI)
- Reed College (OR)
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY)
- Rhodes College (TN)
- Rice University (TX)
- Rochester Institute of Technology (NY)
- St. Bonaventure University (NY) (4)
- St. Joseph’s College of Nursing (NY) (2)
- St. Olaf College (MN)
- Salem College (NC)
- Sarah Lawrence College (NY)
- Scripps College (CA)
- Sewanee: The University of the South (TN)
- Simmons College of Kentucky (KY)
- Smith College (MA)
- Stanford University (CA)
- Swarthmore College (PA) – Will consider family and other assets in addition to total family income to determine eligibility for Say Yes Awards.
- Syracuse University (NY) – Tuition scholarships available to students with family incomes below $100,000/year.
- Texas Christian University (TX)
- The University of Southern California (CA) – Will consider family and other assets in addition to total family income to determine eligibility for Say Yes Awards.
- Trinity College (CT)
- Trocaire College (NY) (12)
- Tufts University (MA) – Will consider family and other assets in addition to total family income to determine eligibility for Say Yes Awards.
- Tulane University (LA)
- Union College (NY) – Will consider family and other assets in addition to total family income to determine eligibility for Say Yes Awards.
- University of Chicago (IL)
- University of Notre Dame (IN)
- University of Pennsylvania (PA)
- University of Rochester (NY) – Tuition scholarships available to students with family incomes below $100,000/year.
- University of San Diego (CA)
- Vanderbilt University (TN)
- Vassar College (NY)
- Villa Maria College (NY)
- Wake Forest University (NC)
- Washington & Lee University (VA)
- Washington University at St. Louis (MO)
- Wellesley College (MA)
- Wesleyan University (CT) – Will consider family and other assets in addition to total family income to determine eligibility for Say Yes Awards.
- Whitman College (WA)
- Williams College (MA)
- Yale University (CT)
In all cases, students should contact individual institutions for more details about how their scholarships are awarded.