{"id":801532,"date":"2026-05-16T22:29:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T22:29:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/801532\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T22:29:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T22:29:30","slug":"this-chicago-university-will-officially-offer-free-tuition-starting-in-2027-for-families-making-less-than-250000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/801532\/","title":{"rendered":"This Chicago university will officially offer free tuition starting in 2027 for families making less than $250,000"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/university-of-chicago-2-1024x682.jpeg\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\" alt=\"Aerial View of a large University in the Chicago Neighborhood of Hyde Park\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a data-force-follow=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/secretchicago.com\/author\/tori-levy\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" data-lazy- class=\"avatar avatar-40 photo\" height=\"40\" width=\"40\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/profile-pic-levy-150x150.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tStaff Writer\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\u00a0\u00b7\u00a0<br \/>\n\t\t\tMay 16, 2026<\/p>\n<p>A <strong>university in Chicago is joining other top institutions in offering free tuition for undergraduate students<\/strong> from families earning under $250,000 a year.<\/p>\n<p>If<strong> you are considering applying to the University of Chicago<\/strong>, it\u2019s important to know that the school is launching an initiative to <strong>make college more affordable for middle- and upper-middle-income families.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Starting in fall 2027, <strong>students from families with an annual income of less than $250,000 will be able to attend tuition-free.<\/strong> Additionally, students whose families earn less than $125,000 a year will receive free housing and meals, with other fees waived.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"501\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"On the campus of the University of Chicago in Hyde Park, Chicago, IL, USA.\" class=\"wp-image-39039\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/chicago-library--1024x501.jpeg\"\/>Source\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/education\/2026\/05\/13\/university-of-chicago-to-offer-free-tuition-for-students-from-families-making-less-than-250-000-a-year\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/education\/2026\/05\/13\/university-of-chicago-to-offer-free-tuition-for-students-from-families-making-less-than-250-000-a-year\" data-action=\"text_cta_0\" data-category=\"click_non_sales\">Chicago Sun-Times,<\/a><strong> the total cost of attendance at the University of Chicago for undergraduates is approaching $100,000 per year<\/strong>. For this school year, the total cost\u2014tuition, housing, and other fees\u2014is $98,300, a 3.5% increase from the previous year.<strong> Tuition alone is approximately $71,000.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>University President Paul Alivisatos said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The <strong>University of Chicago is proud to sponsor a learning environment characterized by intellectual curiosity, ambition, and rigor.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>By <strong>deepening our commitment to affordability<\/strong>, we are helping to ensure that the brightest minds can join us.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Many<strong> distinguished universities have implemented similar measures to improve accessibility<\/strong> to higher education and lessen the financial strain on students and their families.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0\u2013\u00a0 Staff Writer \u00a0\u00b7\u00a0 May 16, 2026 A university in Chicago is joining other top institutions in offering&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":574469,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[960,5386,1818],"class_list":{"0":"post-801532","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago","8":"tag-chicago","9":"tag-il","10":"tag-illinois"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116586621640040249","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=801532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801532\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/574469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=801532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=801532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=801532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}