The university announced this plan, "The Stevens Investment," two weeks ago, saying, "Pursuing higher education opens doors for students and their families, promoting social mobility and creating new career opportunities. For some families, the cost of tuition can make that path feel out of reach."
Here are other free tuition programs at other colleges and universities around the nation....
- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology removed tuition costs for undergraduates from families earning less than $200,000 a year.
- The University of Pennsylvania said it would also allow students from families earning $200,000 or less to receive free tuition. Previously, the school set its limit at $140,000.
- Carnegie Mellon provides free tuition for families making $75,000 or less.
- Brandeis enables students from families making $75,000 or less to avoid tuition costs.
- Stanford families earning $150,000 or less do not have to pay tuition.
- All nine University of Texas schools have waived tuition for families earning $100,000 or less.
- All public state schools in New Mexico offer residents free tuition.
- If they live in the state, families making $55,000 or less can get free tuition at the University of Wisconsin.
- Columbia University set its household income threshold at $150,000 for free tuition.
- Dartmouth and Brown University provide free tuition for students from households making $125,000 or less.
- Students at Cornell and Yale from families making $75,000 or less will get free tuition.
- Princeton permits students from families earning $160,000 or less free tuition.
- Arkansas residents will get free tuition at the University of Arkansas if their family income is under $70,000.
- Duke offers free tuition to North and South Carolina students if their families make $150,000 or less.
- The New York University Promise ensures that students whose families make under $100,000 do not have to pay for tuition.
- State University of New York schools offer residents the opportunity to attend college tuition-free if their families make $125,000 or less.
