{"id":401115,"date":"2026-08-08T11:02:42","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T11:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/401115\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T11:02:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T11:02:42","slug":"rice-university-says-its-expanding-its-free-tuition-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/401115\/","title":{"rendered":"Rice University says it&#8217;s expanding its free tuition program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) &#8212; Rice University announced this week that it&#8217;s expanding its free tuition program, raising the cap for families earning up to $200,000 a year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Currently, tuition is paid for families earning between $75,000 and $140,000, with fees, room, and board expenses covered for those earning $75,000 or less.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">However, starting in fall 2027, students from families earning between $100,000 and $200,000 annually will receive free tuition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Those earning less than $100,000 will also have their tuition, fees, room, and board covered, the school said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;This is a defining moment for Rice University and for the future of higher education,\u201d the university&#8217;s president, Reginald DesRoches, said in a <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/news.rice.edu\/news\/2026\/rice-expands-signature-financial-aid-program-offering-free-tuition-families-earning\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" dir=\"ltr\" target=\"_blank\">release<\/a>. &#8220;Talent exists in every community and across every socioeconomic background.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">Similar programs exist at public universities across Texas, including Texas A&amp;M, the University of Texas, the University of Houston, and Texas Tech.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KTRK-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) &#8212; Rice University announced this week that it&#8217;s expanding its free tuition program, raising the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":401116,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[140734,56,58,57],"class_list":["post-401115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-140734","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=401115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401115\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/401116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=401115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=401115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=401115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}