Enhancing Affordability - 2009-10

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Affordability Initiatives that Started in Academic Year 2009-10

Newly announced affordability initiatives for 2009-10 not only help families facing tough economic times, but continue a trend that started earlier this decade and increased sharply in 2008-09. 



Tuition Reductions

Davis & Elkins College (Elkins, WV)

Davis & Elkins is lowering tuition by nearly one percent for 2009-10.

William Jessup University (Rocklin, CA)

William Jessup will decrease tuition by 2.5 percent for full-time undergraduate students for the 2009-2010 academic year and will expand scholarship programs for low-income students. The drop in tuition is believed to be the first in the university's 70-year history.




Tuition Freezes

Albany Law School (Albany, NY)

Albany Law School will not raise tuition for 2009-10.

Becker College (Worcester, MA)

Becker College is freezing tuition and fees for traditional and accelerated programs, and room and board, for the 2009-2010 academic year.

Benedictine University (Lisle, IL)

Benedictine will freeze tuition at its current 2008-09 level through Spring 2010 for traditional undergraduate students already attending the university, and have guaranteed that the 2009-10 freshman class will not see a tuition increase through Spring 2011.

Hillsdale College (Hillsdale, MI)

Hillsdale is freezing tuition, room, and board for the 2009-2010 academic year at 2008-09 prices.

Lincoln Memorial University (Harrogate, TN)

LMU is freezing tuition and room for 2009-10 at their current 2008-09 rates.

Lake Erie College (Painesville, OH)

LEO is freezing tuition for the 2009-10 academic year.

Merrimack College (North Andover, MA)

For 2009-10, Merrimack is freezing tuition, room, and board at its current 2008-09 level for all students.

Sierra Nevada College (Incline Village, NV)

SNC is freezing tuition for 2009-10 at 2008-09 levels.

West Virginia Wesleyan College (Buckhannon, WV)

West Virginia Wesleyan College's tuition will hold steady for the 2009-2010 academic year. It also is raising the amount of scholarship money it gives out by up to $1,500 for each scholarship.

Wheeling Jesuit University (Wheeling, WV)

Wheeling Jesuit is freezing graduate and undergraduate tuition for the 2009-10 academic year.

Yeshiva University (New York, NY)

Yeshiva is freezing undergraduate tuition for 2009-10.
 

Significantly Lower Tuition Increases

Agnes Scott College (Atlanta/Decatur, GA)

ASC's 2009-10 price increase is the college's smallest percentage increase in 35 years. The overall increase in tuition, mandatory fees, and room and board is 2.7 percent. See also: Matching Public University Tuition/Matching Grants and Scholarships

Augustana College (Rock Island, IL)

Augustana's tuition increase for 2009-10 (3.9 percent) will be its smallest tuition increase in 25 years.

Boston College (Boston, MA)

BC's 2.8 percent tuition and fees increase for 2009-10 will be its smallest in more than three decades.

Boston University (Boston, MA)

BU's tuition and fees increase for 2009-10 (3.8 percent) will be its smallest in 40 years.

Butler University (Indianapolis, IN)

Butler's tuition and fees increase for 2009-10 (3.5 percent) will be its smallest in 34 years.

Capital University (Columbus, OH)

Capital's 2.9 percent tuition and fees increase for 2009-10 will be its smallest in at least a decade.

Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, PA)

Carnegie Mellon is raising tuition and fees for new undergraduates by 2.9 percent, the smallest increase in 34 years.

Catholic University (Washington, DC)

Catholic's 2009-10 tuition and fees increase (4.1 percent) is its smallest in a decade.

Central College (Pella, IA)

Central's 2009-10 tuition and fees increase of 4.5 percent is its lowest tuition percentage increase in eight years.

Colorado College (Colorado Springs, CO)

CC's 4 percent increase in tuition for 2009-10 will be its lowest in more than 30 years.

Columbus College of Art and Design (Columbus, OH)

CCAD 2009-10 tuition increase and fees (3.4 percent) is its lowest since 1981.

Cornell University (Ithaca, NY)

Cornell's tuition and fees will increase by 4 percent, the lowest percentage increase since 1966.

Drake University (Des Moines, IA)

Drake will raise tuition and fees by 2.9 percent for the 2009-2010 academic year - the lowest increase in a decade.

Gettysburg College (Gettsyburg, PA)

Gettysburg's 2009-10 tuition and fees increase (2.9 percent) is its smallest increase in 40 years.

John Carroll University (University Heights, OH)

JCU's 2009-10 tuition and fees increase (2.8 percent) is the smallest annual increase in the university’s history.

Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD)

Johns Hopkins will increase undergraduate tuition and fees by 3.8 percent for 2009-10, the smallest percentage growth in 35 years for the university's two largest undergraduate schools (school of arts and sciences, and school engineering). The 3.8 percent increase will be the lowest in 10 years in the school of nursing's traditional program, and the lowest percentage increase in at least 31 years for undergraduate musicians at the Peabody Conservatory.

Kenyon College (Gambier, OH)

Kenyon's tuition and fees will increase by three percent, the smallest increase in at least 32 years.

King's College (Wilkes-Barre, PA)

King's College's 3.9 percent tuition and fees increase is its lowest increase in 30 years.

Loras College (Dubuque, IA)

Loras College's 2009-10 tuition and fees increase (3.5 percent) is the college's lowest tuition increase in six years.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Boston, MA)

MIT's tuition and fees for 2009-10 will increase 3.8 percent, the smallest increase in eight years. Its total undergraduate financial aid budget will rise more than 10 percent to $81.6 million.

MGH Institute of Health Professions (Boston, MA)
The graduate school is increasing tuition for the 2009-10 academic year 3 percent, the smallest increase in 10 years.

Otterbein College (Westerville, OH)

Otterbein's increase in tuition and fees for of 3.4 percent 2009-10 is its lowest increase since 1963.

Pepperdine University (Malibu, CA)

Pepperdine's 2.9 percent increase in tuition and fees for 2009-10 is its lowest in 25 years.

Princeton University (Princeton, NJ)

Princeton is raising tuition and fees by 2.9 percent for 2009-10 - its lowest percentage increase in 43 years.

Quinnipiac University (Hamden, CT)

Quinnipiac is raising undergraduate tuition, fees, and room and board by 4.9 percent, the university's smallest increase in 20 years. Financial aid for students will be increased by 15 percent.

Roger Williams University (Bristol, RI)

RWU's 3.5 percent increase in tuition and fees for 2009-10 is the lowest in school history.

Salve Regina University (Newport, RI)

RU's tuition and fees increase of 2.7 percent is its lowest in more than a decade.

University of Denver (Denver, CO)

The University of Denver's tuition and fees increase for the 2009-10 academic year (4.9 percent) is the smallest in the last decade.

University of Evansville (Evansville, IN)

Evansville has announced a 3.5 percent increase in tuition and fees for the 2009-10 academic year - its lowest percentage increase in 12 years.

University of Notre Dame (South Bend, IN)

UND is raising tuition and fees by 4.4 percent - its smallest percentage increase since 1960.

University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA)

Penn has announced a 3.75 percent increase in tuition and fees for 2009-10 - its smallest tuition increase in 41 years.

University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)

USC's tuition and fees increase of 3.9 percent for 2009-10 is its lowest increase since 1969.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Worcester, MA)

WPI's tuition and fees increase for 2009-10 (2.9 percent) is its smallest in almost 20 years.


 

Replacing Loans with Grants/Reducing Parental Contributions

Boston University (Boston, MA)

Beginning in fall 2009, BU will replace need-based loans with grants for Boston residents who graduate from Boston public schools and are admitted to the university.

Cornell University (Ithaca, NY)

For 2009-10, Cornell University is expanding the financial aid initiative it launched in 2008-09. Last year, the university announced it was eliminating the loan expectation for those with family incomes below $60,000; now, it is also eliminating the parental contribution as well for those families. In addition, Cornell will reduce the parental contribution for selected students who have financial need and whose families have annual incomes above $60,000, and begin capping need-based student loans at $7,500 annually for students who have financial need and whose families have annual incomes above $120,000. Already, Cornell annually caps need-based student loans at $3,000 for family incomes between $60,000 and $120,000.

Manchester College (North Manchester, IN)

Beginning in 2009-10, as part of its Triple Guarantee, Manchester will offer grant aid to cover the full cost of tuition for academically strong low-income students who live in Indiana, and guaranteed financial aid for all full-time students. See also: Graduation/Job Guarantees

Rice University (Houston, TX)

For the 2009-2010 freshman class, Rice's no-loan policy will be extended to students who qualify for need-based aid from families whose annual incomes are $80,000 or less - up from the current threshold of $60,000. The university will also lower the cap on loans in financial-aid packages for need-eligible incoming freshmen to $10,000 for their four undergraduate years - down from the limit of up to $14,500 for freshmen who entered in fall 2008.

Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN)

Beginning in fall 2009, Vanderbilt will replace need-based loans with institutional grants and scholarships in financial aid packages for incoming and current undergraduate students. In addition, all seniors slated to graduate in May 2009 will have their need-based loans for the spring 2009 semester replaced with Vanderbilt grant/scholarship assistance.


Matching Public University Tuition/Matching State Scholarship Programs


Agnes Scott College (Atlanta/Decatur, GA)

Students who receive Georgia's state HOPE scholarship, and are accepted as a first-year student in fall 2009 at Agnes Scott, will receive an additional $15,300 annually from the college. In total, they are guaranteed $64,200 in total merit aid over four years.

California Lutheran University (Thousand Oaks, CA)

CLU is expanding its program that provides a private college education at a public university price to include transfer students in the 2009-10 year. Launched in 2008-09, the CLU Guarantee Scholarship allows incoming students who are also admitted to either University of California, Los Angeles, or University of California, Santa Barbara, to attend CLU for the cost of attending the public university.

Davis & Elkins College (Elkins, WV)

In 2009-10, Davis & Elkins launched the Highlands Scholar Program, which offers a significant tuition discount to freshmen students from seven counties near the campus. The program offers tuition to the college for the same price as tuition and fees at West Virginia University. This represents a savings of $60,000 over four years. In 2008, just 16 students enrolled at D&E from the seven eligible counties. In 2009, 87 students enrolled as Highlands Scholars, with a total scholarship benefit of $1,186,506.

St. Mary's University of Minnesota (Winona, MN)

Beginning in 2009-10, St. Mary's is expanding a program that guarantees that the total cost for qualified freshmen will be equal to or less than the cost to in-state students attending the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities (including tuition, room, meals and fees). When the program was introduced in 2007, the adjusted gross income (AGI) limit for qualifying families was $75,000. For freshmen enrolling in fall 2009, Saint Mary's will expand the program to include families with up to $100,000 AGI.

Texas Lutheran University (Seguin, TX)

Beginning is 2009-10, TLU guarantees that any student who has been accepted by the University of Texas at Austin or Texas A&M University in College Station, and to TLU, can attend TLU for the same price as those public flagship universities.

University of Evansville (Evansville, IN)

Starting in 2009-10, all incoming students who either have a permanent address in, or graduated from a high school in, Vanderburgh County, IN, (UE's home county) will receive a $18,000 award per year (up to four years) that will make tuition comparable to that of Indiana's major flagship public universities.

 

Four-Year Graduation/Job Guarantees

California Lutheran University (Thousand Oaks, CA)

Beginning in fall 2009, if undergraduate students declare their major early on, meet regularly with their advisors, make sufficient progress toward their degree each year, and fulfill other responsibilities, CLU promises them they will graduate in four years or the university will waive tuition and fees for the remaining classes. The 4 to Finish program is designed to help families save money, especially those affected by the current economic crisis.

Green Mountain College (Poultney, VT)

Green Mountain College guarantees incoming freshmen that they will graduate in four years, or the college will cover all tuition costs for any additional course work needed for graduation. Students who maintain 2.0 GPA, take a minimum 15-credit course load each semester, and meet regularly with their faculty adviser will not have to pay for tuition beyond their four years of study at the college.

Manchester College (North Manchester, IN)

Beginning in 2009-10, as part of its Triple Guarantee, Manchester will offer guaranteed graduation within four years for all full-time students, or pay no tuition for credits needed to graduate in five years; and a guaranteed job or enrollment in graduate school within six months of graduation, or return for a full year tuition-free. See also: Replacing Loans with Grants

Mercer University (Macon, GA)

Beginning with the freshman class of 2009, students who do their work, pass their classes, and follow the advice of faculty advisers will graduate within four years. Under the program, if a student does not graduate within this time frame, the cost of whatever additional courses are required to graduate will be absorbed by the university.

Accelerated Degree Programs (Including Three-Year Bachelor's Degrees)

Chatham University (Pittsburgh, PA)

Beginning in fall 2009, Chatham launched a three-year bachelor of interior architecture program, which saves students a full year of tuition and prepares them for the job market in less time than their competition.

Hartwick College (Oneonta, NY)

Hartwick is launching a three-year bachelor's degree program in 2009-10. It is designed to cut more than $40,000 off the current cost of earning a Hartwick undergraduate degree, eliminating over $30,000 in tuition, and more than $9,000 in fees for room and board. This represents a savings to students and their families of approximately 25 percent.

Lipscomb University (Nashville, TN)

Beginning in 2009-10, Lipscomb adds the option of earning a bachelor's degree in three years. The three-year plan requires classes during two summers resulting in a $10,000 savings and the opportunity to enter the workforce or pursue a master's degree a year early.



Partnerships with Community Colleges

Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA)

Dickinson has launched a program that provides a merit scholarship worth between $10,000 and $15,000 for two years to honors students at four local community colleges who complete their associate degrees with a 3.25 grade point average. This is in addition to any need-based aid for which the students might be eligible. Students who express interest in Dickinson early in their community college career can receive advising and counseling from officials from both institutions. They will also be brought to Dickinson multiple times to meet professors and sit in on classes.