Students will have an additional month to qualify for the Ãå±±ÂÖ¼éPromise financial aid program under a deadline extension announced today by University of Ãå±±ÂÖ¼éSystem President Ted Carter.
All campuses in the NU system are extending from April 1 to May 1 the priority date by which students can file the 2021-22 and qualify for the Ãå±±ÂÖ¼éPromise. The Ãå±±ÂÖ¼éPromise guarantees full tuition coverage for qualifying Ãå±±ÂÖ¼éstudents with family incomes of $60,000 or less.
“These are unusual times, and we want to provide students and families with as much flexibility as possible as they plan for college,” Carter said. “With the Ãå±±ÂÖ¼éPromise, our message to Nebraskans is that a high-quality, affordable university education is within reach. I thank our campus teams for taking extra steps to put students first, and I encourage students to take advantage of this additional opportunity to qualify for critical financial aid.”
Launched in 2020, the Ãå±±ÂÖ¼éPromise covers full undergraduate tuition costs for Ãå±±ÂÖ¼éstudents at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, University of Ãå±±ÂÖ¼éat Omaha, University of Ãå±±ÂÖ¼éat Kearney and University of Ãå±±ÂÖ¼éMedical Center. Students must meet academic qualifications and have a family income of $60,000 or less. No separate application is required, but students must complete the FAFSA each year to remain eligible.
In the program’s first year, more than 7,000 students qualified for the Ãå±±ÂÖ¼éPromise – an 18 percent increase over the number of students who qualified for the university’s previous need-based financial aid program in 2019.
Complete details and eligibility requirements for the Ãå±±ÂÖ¼éPromise are available here.
Students who do not qualify for the Ãå±±ÂÖ¼éPromise still may qualify for other forms of financial aid by filling out the FAFSA. Students and families are encouraged to contact campus offices of undergraduate admissions with questions and requests for assistance:
In addition to launching the Ãå±±ÂÖ¼éPromise, the university has taken a number of steps at the system and campus levels to ensure continued access for students throughout the pandemic. Tuition rates across the NU system will be frozen for the next two years. The university has also reduced and standardized across campuses the costs of most undergraduate online programs.