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Harvard Expands Free Tuition to Families Earning Up to $200,000

Starting in the 2025-26 academic year, Harvard will offer free tuition for families earning under $200,000 and full coverage of all costs for those earning under $100,000.

Harvard Yard at the Harvard University campus on June 29, 2023 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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An aerial view of the Harvard Campus featuring Eliot House Clock Tower along Charles River, in Cambridge, Boston, Massachusetts.
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Overview

  • Harvard's new financial aid policy will make tuition free for families earning up to $200,000 annually, benefiting about 86% of U.S. households.
  • Students from families earning less than $100,000 will have all billed expenses covered, including tuition, housing, meals, health insurance, and travel costs.
  • Eligible students with family incomes under $100,000 will also receive $2,000 grants in their first and junior years to assist with transition and post-graduation planning.
  • The expanded aid program, which begins in the 2025-26 academic year, builds on Harvard's history of increasing affordability for middle- and lower-income families.
  • This initiative comes as Harvard faces federal funding cuts and proposed taxes on its $53 billion endowment, prompting cost-saving measures like hiring freezes.