Starting in the 2026-27 academic year, Yale University will offer free tuition for families making less than $200,000 a year and will cover all costs of admitted students from households with combined incomes of under $100,000 per year, school officials said Tuesday.
This initiative follows a series of deep discounts for income-eligible students dating back to 2010. By raising the threshold again, nearly half of all U.S. households with children between 6 and 17 now qualify for financial aid packages at Yale that don’t require parents to contribute any money to a student’s education, and more than 80 percent of U.S. households are eligible for a scholarship there covering at least the cost of tuition, university officials explained.
