Excelsior University is offering free tuition to eligible students in its home state of New York. After applying federal and State grants, Excelsior University officials said the college will cover the full balance of undergraduate tuition costs and course-related fees for qualifying learners starting in the Fall 2026 trimester.<\/p>\n
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To qualify, students must be full-time residents of New York State with an adjusted gross income of $60,000 or less; file taxes as dependents, or as independents with at least one dependent; and be eligible for both Federal Pell Grant and New York State Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) funding.<\/p>\n
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Excelsior officials said the college will apply Pell grant and TAP funds first, and institutional funding may cover any additional eligible balance. They said Excelsior\u2019s Admissions Office will guide prospective students through the process.<\/p>\n
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\u201cExcelsior University serves students globally, but New York is our home,\u201d said the university\u2019s president, David Scheibal. \u201cThe University\u2019s name reflects those roots: Excelsior is the New York state motto, a Latin expression meaning \u2018ever upward.\u2019 Access to higher education is central to the progress of our state\u2019s communities and workforce, but financial barriers often stand in the way.\u201d<\/p>\n
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He added, \u201cBy removing those barriers for eligible New York learners, we can help our neighbors move ever upward in their lives and careers as they contribute to New York\u2019s future.\u201d<\/p>\n
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While Excelsior\u2019s online and hybrid online\/in-person learning programs serve students in all 50 states and around the world, New Yorkers represent the University\u2019s largest student population, college officials said. Around 2,500 New York residents are currently enrolled at Excelsior, they added.<\/p>\n
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In keeping with Excelsior\u2019s mission to serve students often left behind by the higher education system, they went on to say that about 750 New York state learners are first-generation college students, and nearly 10% are active military service members or veterans. They added that Excelsior educates more practice-ready nurses than any other school in New York State, with more than 1,600 current New York students preparing to help address the State\u2019s nursing shortage.<\/p>\n
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The free tuition program is available for qualifying students pursuing any of Excelsior\u2019s undergraduate degree programs beginning in the Fall 2026 trimester, starting Aug. 31. Excelsior offers online degree programs in business, health sciences, liberal arts, nursing, public service, and technology, aligned with New York\u2019s workforce and community needs. Learn more at excelsior.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Excelsior University is offering free tuition to eligible students in its home state of New York. After applying…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":324710,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10,49,51,50],"class_list":["post-324709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-state","tag-new-york-state-headlines","tag-new-york-state-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324709"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324709\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/324710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}