Get a Free Ride to College From Stanford

Yeah. You heard right. Free college. From Stanford nonetheless. On February 19th Stanford University announced that it will no longer require tuition from students whose families earn under $100,00 a year. Along with free tuition for those students, more financial aid opportunities will be available for students whose families make over $100,000 a year.

Stanford decided to drop tuition due to the fact that the University’s endowment had grown almost 22 percent last year to $17.1 billion. That sum had begun to attract notice from lawmakers who want wealthy institutions and universities to do more to reduce tuition costs. Read more…