Yale announces it will provide free tuition for families making under $200,000 a year

Yale University announced Tuesday that it would provide free tuition for students whose families make under $200,000 a year starting this fall, and eliminate all expected costs for families with annual incomes below $100,000.The Ivy League school said the new changes will impact students entering the 2026-2027 academic year.
“I am thrilled that Yale is making this important investment in affordability,” Yale’s Dean of Undergraduate Admissions and Financial Aid Jeremiah Quinlan said in a statement. “With this announcement, we reiterate and reinforce Yale’s commitment to ensuring that cost will never be a barrier between promising students and a Yale College education.” 
The “zero parent share” awards for students whose families with annual incomes below $100,000 will cover tuition, housing, the meal plan, estimated travel costs, hospitalization insurance coverage, and a $2,000 start-up grant.
The school said it has been offering the “zero parent share” awards since 2010 for students whose parents earned less than $65,000 annually. Yale raised the threshold to $75,000 in 2020 and to $100,000 in 2026. 
The Ivy League said the $100,000 threshold means that nearly half of all American households with school-age children qualify financially for the award, and the $200,000 threshold for tuition means 80% of American families qualify for it.
Although the price of the Ivy League education has become more affordable, Yale’s acceptance rate for the class of 2029 was just 4.6%, accepting just 2,300 students out of over 50,000 applicants.
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