In January 2014, Kellyn C. was 49 and had been recently laid off from a human resources position. “You need a college degree to remain competitive,” she said. She enrolled as a first-time freshman at ...

Alaina Hinkley, a recent political science and communications graduate at the State University of New York [SUNY] at Albany, estimates that she has accumulated $21,000 of student loan debt over the ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul and the New York State Higher Education Services Corporation (HESC) announced Tuesday the opening of the spring 2025 Excelsior Scholarship application. Eligible students planning to ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — New York state students who attend an eligible City University of New York (CUNY) and State University of New York (SUNY) can now apply for a scholarship program that offers free ...

Spring semester applications are open for a state scholarship that, in combination with other financial aid programs, helps low- and middle-income students to attend New York's public colleges tuition ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — Applications are now open for the spring 2025 Excelsior Scholarship, which allows eligible students to attend SUNY or CUNY schools tuition-free. To be eligible, applicants must have a ...

Spring semester applications are now open for a state scholarship that, in combination with other financial aid programs, allows low- and middle-income students to attend New York's public colleges ...

Applications are now being accepted for the New York State Excelsior Scholarship, a program that fills a tuition gap after federal and state financial aid — providing the potential for a tuition-free ...