Harvard announces that undergraduate tuition will be free for students of families who make annual incomes of $200,000 or less. The university will also make schooling completely free for students from families with annual incomes of $100,000 or less.
Attending Harvard will be completely free for students from families making $100,000 or less, with the university committing to cover housing, health insurance, and travel costs between campus and home.
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Harvard President Alan Garber said the policy, which will begin in the 2025 to 2026 academic year, will help “make a Harvard College education possible for every admitted student.”
Undergraduate tuition at Harvard College was more than $56,000 this year, while the total cost of attendance was almost $83,000, according to the institution’s financial aid website. Harvard College is the university’s undergraduate institution.
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The announcement builds on the Harvard Financial Aid Initiative, which was launched in 2004 to make college affordable for people of all economic backgrounds. Since its inception, the initiative has raised its income threshold several times, and currently, students from families with incomes under $85,000 attend Harvard for free.
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