Qualified Nebraska students with family incomes of $65,000 or less will be able to attend the University of Nebraska tuition-free under a newly expanded Nebraska Promise program announced Monday by NU System President Ted Carter.
In 2020 the university launched the Nebraska Promise, which guarantees full-tuition coverage for full-time Nebraska undergraduates with family incomes of $60,000 or less. More than 7,000 students at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, University of Nebraska at Omaha, University of Nebraska at Kearney and University of Nebraska Medical Center are attending college tuition-free this year under the Nebraska Promise.
Under the expanded program, which will take effect in the fall of 2022, full-time resident undergraduates whose families have an adjusted gross income of $65,000 or less or who qualify for the federal Pell Grant can attend any campus in the NU System and have up to 30 credit hours of tuition covered per academic year.
The Nebraska Promise applies to returning, transfer and new undergraduate students, both on-campus and online. An estimated 175 additional NU students will be covered under the expanded Nebraska Promise.
“Over the past two years, the chancellors and I have heard so many stories of students whose dreams of a college education have been made possible because of the Nebraska Promise. We know times are still uncertain and that every dollar matters to students and families,” Carter said. “We’ve decided to extend the Nebraska Promise to more Nebraska families because access to higher education is more important now than ever. Our message to the people of our state is that no matter their circumstance, a University of Nebraska education is within their reach.”
Complete details on the Nebraska Promise are available in both English and Spanish here.