UNC Tuition Promise

The UNC Tuition Promise began in Fall 2024.

Student apply for the UNC Tuition Promise through completion of the FAFSA or CASFA. Students who are admitted or enrolled and meet the eligibility criteria will receive a financial aid offer that includes a combination of federal, state, institutional, and scholarship aid.  The combination of aid will cover the costs of the student’s standard tuition and mandatory fees.

Students who meet all the following criteria are eligible:

• Colorado Residents, eligible MIlitary or ASSET undergraduates, working towards a first Bachelor’s degree
• Household Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) at or below $65,000 or a Student Aid Index (SAI) of 3,000 or less
• File the FAFSA (or CAFSA) by June 1, 2024 to be fully eligible
• Apply for and authorize COF (College Opportunity Fund)
• Enrolled in 12+
• Maintain Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP)

The UNC Tuition Promise program will cover standard tuition and mandatory fees within your course program of study up to 16 credits. 

The UNC Tuition Promise program does not cover differential tuition, housing, dining/meals, textbooks and other nonstandard tuition, fees or associated costs.

For those who qualify, UNC’s financial aid offer will have a combination of grants and/or scholarship that when combined will cover standard tuition and mandatory fees.

Students will need to complete a FAFSA or CASFA each year in order to determine if they meet continuing eligibility requirements.

As long as the UNC Tuition Promise program is in place, students who meet eligibility requirements will be covered.

No, the UNC Tuition Promise program is for Colorado undergraduate students working on their first Bachelor’s degree.

The Colorado State Legislature provides direct funding to undergraduate, in-state students through the College Opportunity Fund (COF). Students must apply for and authorize use of the COF to ensure the full benefits of the UNC Tuition Promise. Otherwise, any remaining bill is considered non-standard and becomes the student’s responsibility.

The UNC Tuition Promise covers the costs of standard tuition and mandatory fees for all Colorado residents who qualify. See the Bursar’s webpage for a list of mandatory fees. Some fees, such as the New Student Fee and program-specific fees are not covered. However, other financial aid may be available to help cover additional costs.

The UNC Tuition Promise utilizes a combination of federal, state, institutional grant and scholarship aid to cover the cost of standard tuition and mandatory fees. Therefore, other scholarships and resources could potentially impact what has been offered.  UNC will promise that your combination of eligible aid will always equal or exceed standard tuition and mandatory fees.

All federal, state and institutional gift aid will go towards meeting the UNC Tuition Promise.

Gift aid includes but is not limited to:

• Federal Pell Grant
• Federal SEOG Grant
• Colorado Student Grants
• UNC Founders Grant
• Institutional Admission Based Scholarships (e.g. Trustee, Presidential, Provost, Bear, Greeley Promise etc.)
• UNC Foundation Scholarships
• College or Departmental Scholarships
• UNC Talent Scholarships (e.g. Athletic Awards, Performing and Visual Art Awards)

Eligible Promise funds may be reduced if you receive other private scholarships or funded resources.”

Students who are enrolled in an eligible education abroad program will receive only the amount of funding they would be eligible for if they were enrolled at the UNC Greeley campus. Students may choose to seek out possible loans to cover additional education abroad expenses.

UNC Tuition Promise is only available for fall and spring semesters.

UNC Tuition Promise requires full-time enrollment of 12 or more credits. Students who ultimately enroll in less then 12 credits total credits or less then 12 required Course Program of Study (CPOS) credits may not have their full financial aid pay towards their bill.