The University of Nebraska extended the deadline to
apply for the Nebraska Promise program, guaranteeing
tuition coverage for in-state students with family-adjusted
gross incomes of $60,000 or less.
All four NU campuses, as well as the Nebraska College
of Technical Agriculture, have extended the deadline to
apply from April 1 to May 1, 2021.
To qualify, students must apply for full-time admission,
complete the Free Application for Financial Student Aid or
FAFSA, and maintain a 2.5-grade point average.
NU President Ted Carter announced the program in
April 2020 after the coronavirus pandemic had forced
the university to cancel in-person classes for the spring
semester. In the first year, more than 7,000 students
qualified for Nebraska Promise. An 18% increase over
previous needs-based aid programs.
Other area postsecondary institutions, including
Nebraska Wesleyan University and Union College,
announced similar programs following NU’s footsteps.
“These are unusual times, and we want to provide students
and families with as much flexibility as possible as they
plan for college,” Carter said. “I encourage students to
take advantage of this additional opportunity to qualify for
critical financial aid.”
Additionally, the University of Nebraska will freeze
tuition rates for all students and all programs for two years
because of the coronavirus
pandemic. It is the first time
since the 1973-74 school
year the university has done
such an all-inclusive freeze.
The announcement
does not include the fees
students pay. But are
updated to keep them at
the same rate. “There are
things that all of us are in
great need of these days: a
little extra hope and some
predictability.”
The freeze will be
effective for academic
years 2021-22 and 2022-
23 for both in-state and
out-of-state undergraduate,
graduate, and Ph.D. level
students.
For more information,
contact the University of
Nebraska, www.nebraska.
edu.
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