Yeah for Hamilton! I am super impressed that they have quite literally put their money where their mouths are.They join the ranks of need blind.
Six trustees have pledged $500,000 each to the college to help fund the first few years of the initiative. Hamilton College also will begin a fundraiser to raise $40 million [...]

From The Economist:

Based on the study from OECD. Learn more:

Times–they are a changin’–or so it goes in financial aid for international students. Up until recently, things had looked more positive with 8 colleges offering need-blind for international students:

MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Massachusetts
Harvard University in Massachusetts
Princeton University in New Jersey
Yale University in Connecticut
Williams College in Massachusetts
Middlebury College in Vermont
Dartmouth College in New Hampshire
Amherst [...]

From College Confidential:
Brown +20%
U of California System +2%
Cal State System +50%
Chicago +42%
U Conn +1%
Connecticut College +10%
Cornell +5%
Dartmouth +4%
Delaware +7%
DePauw +18%
Drexel +19%
Duke +11%
George Washington +3%
Harvard +5%
Hawaii-Manoa +25%
Illinois Urbana-Champaign +3%
Hopkins +13%
Loyola (MD) +30%
UMBC +5%
Maryland-College park “down”
Middlebury +15%
University of Minnesota Twin Cities +12%
MIT +5%
Northwestern +9%
Penn State +4%
Penn +17%
Princeton +19%
Richmond +9%
Rutgers +5%
Stanford +5%
Swarthmore +8%
Temple -11% (vs. this time last [...]

Good question.
Ultimately, colleges have seats to fill. They want students, but which type of students do they want? Will the diversity reign in your favor? But what if you need money? The Washington Post points out that many colleges have changed polices for US students when it comes to need blind admissions:
Tufts University’s experience offers [...]

Times are tough all over:
The UC Board of Regents, meeting at UCLA, approved a two-phase increase that will boost the average undergraduate fee $2,500 by next fall. That would bring the average annual cost to about $10,300 — a threefold increase in a decade.
This represent a 32% increase! It is unclear if out of state students [...]

Campus Grotto has published their annual list of the 100 most expensive colleges by total cost for the 2009-2010 school year.
Read the original article: Most Expensive Colleges for 2009-2010
Total Cost = Tuition + Room and Board

College
Cost

1. Sarah Lawrence College
$54,410

2. New York University
$51,991

3. The George Washington University
$51,730

4. Bates College
$51,300

5. Skidmore College
$51,196

6. Johns Hopkins University
$51,190

7. Georgetown University
$51,122

8. [...]

Best Undergrad College Degrees By Salary

Methodology
Annual pay for Bachelors graduates without higher degrees. Typical starting graduates have 2 years of experience; mid-career have 15 years. See full methodology for more.

And Business is not even in the top 10…or 20…or 30…

Best Undergrad College Degrees By Salary - Full List

Best Undergrad College Degrees By Salary
Starting Median Salary
Mid-Career [...]

Based on Doug Thompson’s work at OACAC, I have tabluated the top schools for international student financial aid. First by straight pot of money:
The top 20 based on overall money

Rank
College
Total Awarded

1
Harvard College
$20,529,414

2
Mount Holyoke College
$13,682,904

3
Yale University
$12,888,572

4
Princeton University
$11,828,906

5
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
$9,433,000

6
University of Pennsylvania
$9,036,708

7
University of Southern California
$6,960,670

8
Middlebury College
$6,873,412

9
Stanford University
$6,508,740

10
Columbia University
$6,506,466

11
Dartmouth College
$6,284,139

12
Brown University
$6,182,006

13
St. John’s University
$6,012,468

14
Vassar College
$5,602,891

15
Williams College
$5,522,341

16
Oberlin College
$5,046,525

17
St. Lawrence [...]

USA Today has published a new interactive tool maping out Princeton Review’s 100 best value colleges, which include these schools:
PRIVATE
1. Swarthmore College (Swarthmore, Pa.)
2. Harvard College (Cambridge, Mass.)
3. Princeton University (Princeton, N.J.)
4. Rice University (Houston, Texas)
5. Yale University (New Haven, Conn.)
6. Williams College (Williamstown, Mass.)
7. Amherst College (Amherst, Mass.)
8. California Institute of Technology (Pasadena)
9. Pomona [...]