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UMass Amherst Free for MA Residents! - Captainrekt000 - 12-07-2024
I just read this article from UMass Amherst!
MA students with families that make less than $75k can go to UMass Amherst for free!!!!
https://www.umass.edu/news/article/umass-amherst-provide-free-tuition-eligible-students
This can be doubled up with the free MA community college!
https://www.mass.edu/osfa/programs/masseducate.asp
The free community college has no income or age requirement/max but both have a requirement of being MA residents. It only takes 1 year of established residency to gain state residency.
SO. If a person was motivated enough, they could move to MA, establish residency for 1 year, and get free community college and UMass Amherst for a total of 5-7 years!
(Some companies here also offer $7000 in tuition reimbursement if they can get a job and then get a free master's degree too!)
This person finishes college at 25 rather than 22 who went to college out of high school but the 22 year old who got $100k in loans is going to be paying that out the ass for the next 20 years.
RE: UMass Amherst Free for MA Residents! - bjcheung77 - 12-07-2024
That's awesome, when can you help me move from WA to MA? One coast to the other... Wow, what a road trip it'll be!
RE: UMass Amherst Free for MA Residents! - Captainrekt000 - 12-07-2024
(12-07-2024, 07:54 PM)bjcheung77 Wrote: That's awesome, when can you help me move from WA to MA? One coast to the other... Wow, what a road trip it'll be!
Only downsides is that both grants are only open for people without bachelors degrees :
The community college grant will pay up to 2 associates degrees (only if you DONT have a bachelor degrees)
The UMass grant is actually for UMass Amherst, Boston, Lowell, and Dartmouth campuses! If a person with MA residency gets accepted to one of these 4 campuses, they can skip the free associates and get the free bachelors!
https://www.massachusetts.edu/news/umass-campuses-announce-plans-fully-cover-tuition-and-fees-high-need-students
RE: UMass Amherst Free for MA Residents! - ss20ts - 12-08-2024
Be sure to read all of the fine print. It's only for 4 years. You must take at least 12 credits per semester in a traditional on campus program. It's also after federal and state grants. NY has a similar program and it has a bunch of stipulations. Many people look like they're qualified for it but they're not. The NY program is a hot mess.