Harvard announces it will go tuition-free for students from families making $200,000 or less

CNN via MSN ^ | 03/17/2025 | Maria Aguilar Prieto

[SeekAndFind]

Harvard undergraduate tuition will be free for students from families making $200,000 or less, starting next fall, the university announced Monday in its latest effort to provide an Ivy League education to those who might otherwise be priced out.

Attending Harvard will be completely free for students from families making $100,000 or less, with the university committing to cover housing, health insurance and travel costs between campus and home.

Undergraduate tuition at Harvard College was more than $56,000 this year, while total cost of attendance was almost $83,000, according to the institution’s financial aid website. (Harvard College is the undergraduate institution at the university.)

The announcement builds on the Harvard Financial Aid Initiative, which was launched in 2004 to make college affordable for people of all economic backgrounds. Since its inception, the initiative has raised its income threshold several times, and currently, students from families with incomes under $85,000 attend Harvard for free.

Harvard is among several higher education institutions expanding their financial aid offerings to support lower- and middle-income families.

In November, MIT announced that undergraduates from families earning below $200,000 would attend tuition-free starting next semester, while those with incomes under $100,000 will receive full coverage.

Similarly, the University of Pennsylvania said in November it will cover tuition costs for students from families earning up to $200,000 annually. The University of Texas system pledged undergraduates from families with incomes below $100,000 will attend tuition-free, starting next fall.

Harvard said Monday it wants to specifically entice middle-income families. While it did not indicate the source of funds to cover the tuition, the university has a whopping $53.2 billion endowment for fiscal year 2024.

[Jeff Chandler]

To the delight of the people who paid full freight this year.

[Skwor]

In other words Harvard plans on only accepting approved minorities and woke victims as future middle class applicants.

So transparently self serving to their woke ideology.

[DAC21]

Discrimination of applicants those families make less than 200k will go up significantly is my guess.

[JennysCool]

So sad for families making $200,001.

[montag813]

In other words Harvard plans on only accepting approved minorities and woke victims as future middle class applicants.

EXACRLY. Their master plan to bypass the SCOTUS' Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College ruling against affirmative action.

[BobL]

“Harvard announces it will go tuition-free for students from families making $200,000 or less”

Why is it Harvard’s business what a student’s family makes? Thankfully, my local supermarket and gas station don’t dig into my personal life in order to price something for me...they simply charge everything the same.

[Round Earther]

When cost of living and tuition is considered, free tuition at Harvard is matching the University of Texas free tuition for families making less that $100,000 a year.

[GingisK]

Do they plan to test for skills and aptitude, or will they become the predominate domicile of the useless?

[Sacajaweau]

Kids will be moving out...and getting part time jobs?? But really....Dad and son will turn “second home” into a man cave.

[blackdog]

But who will clean the toilets? Oh that’s right. That’s the undocumented migrants.

[Languager]

This has been going on for a long time at several universities. Harvard just upped the dollar amount is all. Good for them.

[Leaning Right]

> So sad for families making $200,001. <

On the plus side, this will be a real boon for those accountants who know how to disguise income.

🙂

[cnsmom]

In other words, enrollment is way down and the professors fear losing their jobs and schools closing.The Covid generation isn’t ready for college independence. They’ve been locked up for years.

[blackdog]

Translation = Don’t tax our endowment fund, and we will swallow.

[bigbob]

I can see how having been given that kind of in-kind gift would make the recipient inclined to trusting and supporting the giver.

[blackdog]

Harvard students maybe noticed the ditch diggers had nicer vehicles and no student loans?

[Drew68]

To the delight of the people who paid full freight this year.

Pretty sure these were all foreign students from the Middle East and Asia.

[ransomnote]

"Harvard undergraduate tuition will be free for students from families making $200,000 or less, starting next fall, the university announced Monday in its latest effort to provide an Ivy League education to those who might otherwise be priced out. "

Uh...no. The Ivy Leagues are watching Trump remove funding and are realizing the public is not coming to their defense. So, the Ivy Leagues are thinking of ways to mimic Democrats 'success' in buying voters by offering free healthcare and debit cards to cross our borders illegally. Harvard expects these potential students, and their parents, to now care what happens to Harvard's funds under the microscope (e.g., no money for anti-semetic policies, gender studies etc.)

[b4me]

they will do most anything to get more kids to indoctrinate.