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National Association of College and University Business Officers, 2022
The annual NACUBO Tuition Discounting Study (TDS) measures institutional tuition discount rates and other indicators of institutionally funded scholarships awarded to undergraduates attending private, nonprofit (independent) colleges and universities. The 2021 TDS includes data from 359 private nonprofit colleges and universities, and provides…
Descriptors: Tuition, Tuition Grants, Scholarships, Undergraduate Students
National Association of College and University Business Officers, 2022
The annual NACUBO Tuition Discounting Study (TDS) measures institutional tuition discount rates and other indicators of institutionally funded scholarships awarded to undergraduates attending private, nonprofit (independent) colleges and universities. The 2022 TDS includes data from 341 private nonprofit colleges and universities, and provides…
Descriptors: Tuition, Tuition Grants, Scholarships, Undergraduate Students
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Matt Ormandy; Alexa Ferdinands; Autumn Nesdoly; Maria Mayan – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2024
This qualitative pilot study introduces and reflects on early development and implementation of the Zero Fee Tuition (ZFT) program in the rural, oil and gas town of Drayton Valley, Alberta, Canada. This innovative, primarily municipally funded program, implemented in 2019, provides local students with up to $5,000 in free tuition for select…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Tuition, Educational Finance, Tuition Grants
Kristin Jasper – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Higher education administrators face challenges related to declining net tuition revenues. Net tuition revenues are sustaining decreases related to tuition discounting and declining enrollments. College and university leaders were interviewed in this qualitative study to determine why it is challenging to reverse narrowing net tuition revenues and…
Descriptors: Administrators, Tuition, Income, Cost Effectiveness
Lamont A. Sellers – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The present study examines the differences between public baccalaureate institutional expenditures and Pell Grant recipient graduation rates at high and low Pell Grant recipient graduating institutions. IPEDS data were analyzed, including instructional, academic support, student services, institutional support, and Pell Grant recipient 6-year…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Tuition Grants, Graduation Rate, Expenditure per Student
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Ward, James Dean; Corral, Daniel – Research in Higher Education, 2023
Private nonprofit colleges are increasingly using tuition resets, or a decrease in sticker price by at least 5%, to attract new students and counter declining demand. While discounting tuition with institutional aid is a common practice to get accepted students to matriculate and to increase affordability, a tuition reset is a more transparent…
Descriptors: Private Colleges, Tuition, Paying for College, Fees
Sallie Mae Bank, 2024
The report examines how enrolled undergraduate students and parents of undergraduates view higher education and how they pay for it. The report considers education funding sources--from parent and student income and savings to scholarships, grants, and borrowed funds--and evaluates trends in payment strategies over time. This 17th edition provides…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Paying for College, Financial Aid Applicants, Parent Financial Contribution
Jennifer D. Rogers – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Mississippi appropriates millions of dollars each year to the Higher Education Legislative Plan for Needy Students (HELP) Grant to help college-ready, low-income students pay for college, but little is known about the effectiveness of the program. This dissertation in practice examines the impact of the HELP Grant by comparing the college-going…
Descriptors: College Students, Paying for College, Tuition Grants, Minority Group Students
Londoño-Vélez, Juliana; Rodriguez, Catherine; Sanchez, Fabio; Álvarez-Arango, Luis E. – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2023
The paper studies the impact of financial aid on long-term educational attainment and labor market outcomes in Colombia. In 2014, the government launched a large-scale and generous student loan program called "Ser Pilo Paga." It offered full tuition coverage to students admitted to one of 33 government-certified high-quality universities…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Financial Aid, Social Mobility, Educational Attainment
Robin Zape-tah-hol-ah Minthorn; Natalie Rose Youngbull – Region 16 Comprehensive Center, 2023
This research builds a narrative of a nationwide study on tuition waiver and tuition assistance programs. The authors administered a survey to long-standing and newly implemented tuition waiver programs within universities that identified limitations and opportunities. The purpose of this study is to highlight the varied approaches to…
Descriptors: Tuition Grants, Tuition, American Indian Students, Alaska Natives
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James Monogan – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 2024
Pell eligibility for incarcerated people is a great rehabilitative opportunity, but several challenges remain. This article recaps five of the issues identified by the original research articles in this special issue. It also considers how solutions proposed in these studies may be beneficial across a variety of these issues and gathers…
Descriptors: Grants, Correctional Education, Educational Finance, Tuition Grants
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Billings, Meredith S.; Gándara, Denisa; Li, Amy Y. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2021
Promise programs are an increasing popular solution to improving college affordability, reducing educational inequities, and promoting economic development. Promise programs are distinct from other forms of financial aid because they emphasize residency in their eligibility criteria, where students must live and/or attend school in specific…
Descriptors: Tuition Grants, Scholarship Funds, Eligibility, Place of Residence
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Laura W. Perna – Journal of Postsecondary Student Success, 2024
As in other nations, higher education has many benefits for individual participants and for communities in the United States. But, the opportunity to attain higher education is unequal. To understand the forces that contribute to higher education attainment in the United States, this essay first provides a brief overview of the characteristics of…
Descriptors: Student Adjustment, High School Graduates, College Freshmen, Educational Attainment
B. Heath Witzen – Maryland Longitudinal Data System Center, 2021
The College and Career Readiness and College Completion Act (CCR-CCA) of 2013 (Chapter 533, Senate Bill 740, 2013) passed the Maryland General Assembly in 2013 with the goal of improving college and career outcomes for Maryland students. One policy included in the legislation was a tuition cost reduction for select high school students who dually…
Descriptors: Dual Enrollment, Tuition Grants, Lunch Programs, Low Income Students
Baum, Sandy; Blagg, Kristin; Rainer, Macy – Urban Institute, 2021
New Jersey's state grant program delivers the highest level of need-based aid per student in the country. And the state's major grant program, the Tuition Aid Grant (TAG), funds all eligible students, rather than excluding students when the funding runs out. But different levels of grant aid for enrollment in different institutions within sectors,…
Descriptors: State Aid, Tuition Grants, Student Financial Aid, Need Analysis (Student Financial Aid)