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By 2011, nearly six of ten full-time undergraduates qualified for a tuition-free education at CUNY due in large measure to state, federal and CUNY financial aid programs. [44] CUNY's enrollment dipped after tuition was re-established, and there were further enrollment declines through the 1980s and into the 1990s.
Queens College offers undergraduate degrees in 78 majors, over 100 master's degrees, over 40 accelerated master's options, 20 doctoral degrees through the CUNY Graduate Center, and a number of advanced certificate programs. [56] It is also one of seven participating schools in the CUNY Macaulay Honors College.
The Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York (CUNY Graduate Center) is a public research institution and postgraduate university in New York City. Formed in 1961 as Division of Graduate Studies at City University of New York, it was renamed to Graduate School and University Center in 1969.
For many New York residents, the once impossible dream of free tuition just became a reality -- on June 7, the Excelsior Scholarship officially opened.
The school was fashioned as "a Free Academy for the purpose of extending the benefits of education gratuitously to persons who have been pupils in the common schools of the … city and county of New York". [10] The Free Academy later became the City College of New York, the oldest institution among the CUNY colleges. [11]
And after graduation, they're required to work in New York for a set number of years, based on how many years they received free tuition. Roughly 940,000 families would be eligible for the ...
From the Free Academy to Cuny: Illustrating Public Higher Education in New York City, 1847–1997, 2000. Rudy, Willis. College of the City of New York 1847–1947. The City College Press, 1949. Reprinted in 1977 by the Arno Press. Traub, James. City on a Hill: Testing the American Dream at City College, Addison-Wesley: 1994. Van Nort, Sydney C.
Many schools offer free or reduced tuition for employees and staff of the school. In addition, if a student’s parent works for a college, a full or partial waiver may be available for that student.