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Tufts Offers Free Tuition for Families Making Under $150,000 a Year
The expansion in financial aid comes as the sticker price for US colleges continues to rise.
Tufts University Campus in Somerville, Massachusetts.
Photographer: Scott Eisen/Getty ImagesTufts University will be tuition-free for students whose families make less than $150,000 a year, beginning next fall.
The Massachusetts-based school announced the new policy this week, as a way to address concerns about the “sticker price” of college. Prospective students and families are sometimes discouraged from applying to schools due to the advertised cost of attendance, which at Tufts can be roughly $95,000 a year.