Free SUNY, CUNY Tuition to STEM Students in Top 10% of HS Class

Paying for College
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<p>For students in New York state. See <a href="http://blog.suny.edu/2014/05/governor-cuomo-free-suny-cuny-tuition-to-stem-students-in-top-10-of-hs-class/"&gt;http://blog.suny.edu/2014/05/governor-cuomo-free-suny-cuny-tuition-to-stem-students-in-top-10-of-hs-class/&lt;/a>
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Award details and applications are available at the HESC website and due August 15, 2014.

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<p>See <a href=“http://www.cuny.edu/admissions/financial-aid/estimating-costs/college-costs-overview.html”>http://www.cuny.edu/admissions/financial-aid/estimating-costs/college-costs-overview.html&lt;/a&gt;
Annual Tuition for SUNY: $5,870 & CUNY: $5,730.</p>

<p>However, the following requirement may be tough to fulfill:

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<p>Tuition at SUNY university centers (Binghamton, Albany, Stony Brook, Buffalo) are $6k+ for NYS residents. (Slight variance among campuses.)</p>

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<p>Thanks for posting this 4kidsdata! This is a worthwhile program for New York residents to consider. </p>

<p>Most of the qualifying students at my daughter’s high school who are attending SUNY schools are signing up for this program. There really isn’t a significant downside to signing up - the worst case is if they leave the state or change career paths it converts to a 10 year loan at Stafford rates.</p>

<p>I’ve heard that at least Stony Brook is allowing this to be stacked on top of their merit awards (ie presidential, honors college etc). Free tuition+ for an AAU school - not bad!</p>

<p>And while it is certainly a restriction, I don’t know I would describe having to work for 5 years in your field in state as a tough requirement to fufill. Most SUNY graduates stay in New York after graduation anyways and the list of approved occupations is rather extensive. </p>

<p><a href=“NYS Higher Education Services Corporation - NYS Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Incentive Program”>NYS Higher Education Services Corporation - NYS Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Incentive Program;

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<p>What if the graduate is unemployed for some of the five years after graduation? Or can non-continuous employment adding up to five years fulfill this condition?</p>

<p>This is not just a theoretical possibility. Suppose a student happens to graduate in an economic or industry downturn and cannot find a job for long period of time after graduation. Or suppose the student majors in biology and finds that getting a biology job is harder than assumed.</p>