March 5, 2019

URX Project
Are there any tuition free colleges in the U.S., and if so, where are they located, and what are their
enrollment eligibility criteria?
There are tuition free colleges in the U.S. and several of these colleges
offer free tuition to all students. In the United States, the development of
free and accessible public schools for all children was a huge leap forward
for society. In recent decades many have been pushing to expand this
benefit towards higher education as well. Most of the free tuition colleges
now charge for room and board and living expenses. Tuition free colleges
would really benefit a lot of people who can't pay for college or don't have
the money for it. Even though there's some free tuition colleges in the
U.S., there are still some expectations you need to reach and you still need
to pay for certain things.

To begin with, tuition free colleges can be beneficial. To start, it can

benefit lower-income students because they'll have more of a chance to
graduate. This shows that some students drop out of college because
most of the time they don't have the ability to pay for tuition all four
years, and making college tuition free would remove the possibility of not
graduating. Another reason, is more people would go to college. By
getting rid of the money for college we would see an increase in the
amount of students attending college. Which would lead to more
innovation in all areas of society. Finally, students would be able to follow
their passions. Because colleges leave many students with high amounts
of debt, students sometimes choose a course that they don’t really enjoy
learning about or studying. “If you eliminate student loan debt you
eliminate these problems, with benefits for students and for the overall
economy.” (Josephson, 1). In conclusion, tuition free colleges would
benefit lower-income students, more people would go to college, and
more people would followed their passions and do something they
actually like.

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This is one of the colleges that
offer free tuition.
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To continue, there is some places around the world that offer tuition free colleges. To start, Alice
Lloyd College, Kentucky, is a four-year, Christian, liberal arts institution it helps leadership education
to students in the Appalachian region. The college provides full tuition coverage to students. Another
college that is tuition free is Barclay College, in Kansas, it is a four-year evangelical-Quaker college.
This school enrolls under 250 students in undergraduate and graduate programs with mostly
ministerial focus (nonprofitcollegesonline.com). Finally, Duke University is a private research
university in North Carolina. It enrolls over 15,000 students in a lot of programs. The school Duke is
ranked one of the best universities in the world. In conclusion, there are some tuition free colleges
around the world that you can attend if you don't want to pay for college.
In addition, there might be free tuition colleges out there, but that doesn't mean that you won't
have to pay for anything else. When you're in a free tuition college, you still have to pay for books, a
dorm, or anything else you would need. To start, “students in Barea College, Kentucky, pay no tuition,
but students must work like 10 hours per week on campus, they earn about $5.55 to $8.40 an hour,
they use that money to pay for room, board, and books” (Friedman). Another college that offers free
tuition is College of the Ozarks, Missouri, only full time students pay no tuition, but the tuition
requires that they work for about 15 hours a week. Finally another college is Alice Lloyd College.
Students in that college are required to work at least 160 hours per semester in/on campus. In
conclusion, there's colleges that offer free tuition, but they still expect something from you back, like
most of these colleges I named, expect you to work hours to pay for things you would need.
Finally, to get in a free tuition college you still have to have some of the things the college is
looking for. To begin with, there is a free tuition college in New York, but to get in it be you have to
be in at least 12 credits per term and you have to complete like 30 credits each year. You also have to
be a U.S. citizen or a eligible non-citizen. This shows that you have to have most of the things they
require to get in the college. In addition, the steps to apply in a free tuition college like the one in
New York is first “attend a SUNY or CUNY two- or four-year degree program, take 30 credits per
calendar year (including January and Summer sessions), and plan to live and work in New York
following graduation for the length of time they participate in the scholarship program” (ny.gov).
Finally, the academic requirement to get into this New York college students have to complete 30
credit hours every year, this includes summer classes or classes over the winter break. In conclusion,
there's requirements and expectations to get into a tuition free college.
In conclusion, even though there's tuition free colleges in the U.S., there are still some expectations
you need to reach and you still need to pay for certain things. There is a lot of good benefits that
tuition free colleges can do to people. There's also a lot of places where there's those types of colleges.
The bad thing is that you still have to pay for certain things and you still have to have their
requirements. This is important because this helps people of all kind, that struggle with money.
Works Cited:
Hopkins, Katy, and Farran Powell. “14 Tuition-Free Colleges.” U.S. News & World Report, U.S.
News & World Report, www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/paying-for-college/slideshows/
12-tuition-free-colleges.
Josephson, Amelia. “The Pros and Cons of Free College.” SmartAsset, SmartAsset, 18 May 2018,
smartasset.com/student-loans/the-pros-and-cons-of-free-college.
Lohmann, Patrick. “Do You Qualify for New York's New Free Tuition Program?”
NewYorkUpstate.com, NewYorkUpstate.com, 12 Apr. 2017, www.newyorkupstate.com/news/2017/04/
new_yorks_free_tuition_scholarship_answers_for_common_student_questions.html.2
“Tuition-Free Degree Program: The Excelsior Scholarship.” Welcome to the State of New York, 19
Dec. 2018, www.ny.gov/programs/tuition-free-degree-program-excelsior-scholarship.