Enhancing Affordability - 2011-12

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Examples of New Affordability Initiatives for 2011-12

(Also see initiatives launched in 2012-13, 2010-11, 2009-10, 2008-09, and earlier)



Tuition Cuts

Beis Medrash Heichal Dovid 
Far Rockaway, NY 

Beis Medrash Heichal Dovid rabbinical school cut tuition by more than 20 percent. 

Bluefield College   
Bluefield, VA

Bluefield College cut tuition by 25 percent for working adults returning to school to complete a degree.

Brewton-Parker College   
Ailey, GA

Brewton-Parker College cut tuition by 22 percent for 2011-12.

Davis College 
Johnson City, NY

Davis College cut tuition by 22 percent for 2011-12.

Sewanee: The University of the South
Sewanee, TN

Sewanee cut tuition by 10 percent for 2011-12.

Replacing Loans with Grants

Northwestern University 
Evanston, IL 

Beginning in fall 2011, Northwestern University is significantly increasing student aid to incoming freshmen who graduated from high schools in Evanston, Ill., and Chicago, including eliminating loans and required work-study jobs and providing more scholarship funds.  

Tuition Freezes (0-percent increases)

Of the institutions that responded to NAICU's 2011-12 tuition survey, 12 were freezing tuition. Of these eight, the following two schools self-identified when completing the survey.

Catawba University - news release
Salisbury, NC

Lees-McRae College - news release
Banner Elk, NC

The Sage Colleges - news release
Albany, NY
(Note: second consecutive year tuition has been frozen)

Tuition Guarantees

St. Mary-of-the-Woods College
Terre Haute, IN

Starting in fall 2011, St. Mary-of-the-Woods College's "Tuition Promise" program guarantees that tuition for on-campus students will remain the same for four years.

Public University Tuition Matches

Northland College
Ashland, WI

Beginning in 2011-12, through the "Access Guarantee" program, new freshmen students from low and middle income families can attend Northland College at the same or lower cost than at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Four-year Graduation Guarantee

Randolph-Macon College
Ashland, VA

Starting in fall 2011, Randolph-Macon guarantees that freshmen who meet the Four-Year Degree Guarantee requirements will graduate within four years. If not, the college will waive tuition costs for courses needed to complete the degree.

Three-Year Degree Programs

Grace College - news release
Winona Lake, IN

Starting fall 2011, Grace College will offer a three-year accelerated degree in each of its 50-plus major areas of study.

Lesley University
Cambridge, MA

Beginning in fall 2011, Lesley University will offer three-year degree options.

St. John's University
Staten Island, NY

In 2011-12, St. John's launches a three-year degree program at its Grymes Hill campus, offering students a projected savings of $29,000.

Special Scholarship Programs

Benedictine University
Lisle, IL

For fall 2011, Benedictine has launched the "Illinois Back to Work" program for qualified applicants who have been unemployed for at least 18 months. The program covers any remaining tuition after all state and federal student aid is applied. Qualified applicants must be Illinois residents 25 or older who have been unemployed for at least 18 months and not already have a bachelor's degree.

Loan Repayment Assistance Programs

Huntington University
Huntington, IN

Beginning in fall 2011, Huntington University is announcing a loan repayment assistance program to all new freshmen students enrolling full time. If, after earning a degree, a graduate's annual salary is below $20,000, the student will be reimbursed the entire amount of his or her loan payments. As the graduate's income grows to $40,000 the benefit is reduced proportionally.

Graduate Degree Discounts

Capitol College   
Laurel, MD

Starting in fall 2011 semester, Capitol College began offering a 10-percent alumni discount on all of its master's degree programs and graduate certificates to new alumni applicants.

Milwaukee School of Engineering   
Milwaukee, WI

Beginning in 2011-12, Milwaukee School of Engineering will offer new alumni the opportunity to earn a free master's degree, if they begin their full-time graduate studies within one year of graduating from MSOE and satisfy a number of criteria. The MSOE Graduate Tuition Grant covers 100 percent of tuition.


Significantly Lower Tuition Increases

Biola University 
La Mirada, CA

Biola University increased tuition by 3.99 percent in 2011-2012, the smallest increase in 25 years.

Boston University - story
Boston, MA

BU is increasing tuition by 3.85 percent, one of the lowest increases in 40 years

Colorado College    
Colorado Springs, CO

Colorado College increased tuition by 2.39 percent for 2011-12, the lowest increase in 37 years.

Connecticut College   
New London, CT

Connecticut College increased tuition by 3.5 percent for 2011-12, the smallest increase in a decade.


Elmira College
Elmira, NY

Elmira is increasing tuition by 3 percent, the smallest tuition increase in 35 years.

Elon University
Elon, NC

Elon is increasing tuition by 3.98, the smallest increase in more than 20 years.

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University 
Andrews Naval Air Facility, MD 

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University increased tuition by 2 percent for 2011-12, one the lowest increases in years.

Georgetown University
Washington DC

Georgetown is increasing tuition by 2.9 percent, the smallest increase in 38 years.

Goddard College  
Plainfield, VT

Goddard College increased tuition by 3 percent for 2011-12, the smallest increase in 10 years.

Lehigh University - announcement
Bethlehem, PA

Lehigh will increase tuition by 3 percent, one of the lowest increase in four decades.

Princeton University - story
Princeton, NJ

Princeton will increase tuition by 1 percent, the lowest increase in 45 years.

Sacred Heart University   
Fairfield, CT

Sacred Heart University increased tuition by 3.77 percent for 2011-12, the lowest increase in 30 years, and froze the room charge at the prior year's level.

Saint Mary's College - news release
Notre Dame, IN

Saint Mary's College will increase tuition by 3.2 percent, the lowest increase in 10 years.

Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY

Syracuse is increasing tuition by 3.8 percent, the lowest increase in 46 years

Tufts University   
Medford, MA

Tufts University increased tuition by 3 percent in 2011-12, the smallest increase in 48 years.

University of Pennsylvania - news release
Philadelphia, PA

Penn is increasing tuition by 3.9 percent, its second smallest tuition increase in 43 years.

Wellesley College   
Wellesley, MA

Wellesley College increased tuition by 2.5 percent for 2011-2012, the smallest increase in more than 15 years.