Best Colleges with Free Tuition

By Zidane Randall

In the recession period, the continuously increasing college cost makes more parents find it harder to send their children to school. The financial difficulties will also be a bigger challenge for foreign students, especially ones from poorer countries to pursue their studying in United States.

 

However, if you take a careful look and are capable of passing some stringent admission requirements, there are some leading colleges and universities that offer full-tuition scholarship, even free room and board in some cases. With these, students can save up to $51,000 a year.

 

Deep Springs College

Specialty: Liberal arts college for male only

 

Requirement: Applicants must take the SAT or ACT and complete a two-stage application that includes essays, transcripts, test scores, a book list for the past year, and a list of favorite books with explanatory descriptions. Those selected for second round are asked to write three additional essays, pay a four-to-five day visit to the school for interviews, and complete an optional creative supplement.

 

Deep Springs College - Location: Big Pine, Calif

 

Successful applicants for the class of 2013: 11/140 applicants or 8%

Estimated annual value of tuition (room and board included): $50,000+

 

Webb Institute

Specialties: Naval architecture and marine engineering

 

Requirement: A minimum SAT verbal score of 600 and a math score of 660 are required. Students should have a strong high school record. All students are issued a U.S. Coast Guard Merchant Mariner Document with Student Observer classification. All applicants must passover the physical requirement of climbing steep or vertical ladders; maintain balance on a moving deck; pull objects that weigh up to 50 lbs. for distances as far as 400 feet; open or close watertight doors that may weigh up to 56 pounds and so on.

 

Webb Institute - Location: Glen Cove, N.Y

 

Successful applicants for the class of 2013: 27/74 applicants or 36%

Estimated annual value of tuition: $27,800

 

Curtis Institute of Music

Specialty: Music

Requirement: The school seeks students who want to pursue a professional music career. The most important admission requirement is the audition in which the audition committee will determine the artistic promise of students. No minimum GPA is required.

 

Curtis Institute of Music - Location: Philadelphia

 

Successful applicants for the class of 2013: 44/896 applicants or 4%, were accepted, 25 of those were accepted into the undergraduate division.

Estimated annual value of tuition: $36,000/undergraduate music students; $49,000/ graduate music students.

 

Berea College

Specialty: Liberal arts college with required work-study program

 

Requirement: The minimum ACT score is 17 and the minimum SAT score is 1210, but most successful students score between 20 and 30 on the ACT and between 1410 and 1980 on the SAT, GPA of 3.5 or higher. The majority of applicants have limited financial resources.

 

Berea College - Location: Berea, Ky

 

Successful applicants for the class of 2013: 516/2,745 applications or about 19%.

Estimated annual value of tuition: $24,400.

 

U.S. Merchant Marine Academy

Specialties: Marine engineering, navigation, maritime law, and ship administration

 

Requirement: Applicants must have a minimum SAT score of 510 (math) and 560 (reading), the average GPA requirement range from 3.5 to 3.6. In most cases, students must be U.S. citizens under 25; obtain a nomination from a U.S. senator or representative; pass the Candidate Fitness Assessment, master an exercise regimen, and be medically qualified by Navy commissioning standards. There are four others free tuition in the system: the U.S. Military Academy, U.S. Air Force Academy, U.S. Naval Academy, and the U.S. Coast Guard Academy.

 

U.S. Merchant Marine Academy - Location: Kings Point, N.Y.

 

Successful applicants for the class of 2013: 450/1,823 applicants or 25%

Estimated annual value of tuition (room and board, uniform, books included): $51,250

 

Cooper Union

Specialties: Engineering, art, architecture

 

Requirement: Although no minimum SAT score is required, middle score of successful art applicants is about from 590 (verbal) to 600 (math) and 640 (verbal) to 730 (math) for engineering students.

 

Cooper Union - Location: New York

 

Successful applicants for the class of 2013: 284/4,044 applicants or 7%

Estimated annual value of tuition: $35,000

 

Barclay College

Specialty: A Bible college with an emphasis on Christian life, service, and leadership

 

Requirement: A score of 18 on the ACT English section or an SAT score of 430 on the writing section, minimum GPA of 2.30 is required. Students must also submit a statement of faith and references.

 

Barclay College - Location: Haviland, Kan

 

Successful applicants for the class of 2013: 94/182 applicants or 51%.

Estimated annual value of tuition: $11,000

 

Alice Lloyd College

Specialty: Liberal arts college with a work-study program

 

Requirement: Minimum requirement is 17 on the ACT, SAT of 400 verbal and 430 math, and at least 2.25 GPA. Financial need is a factor in admission, but not a requirement.

 

Alice Lloyd College - Location: Pippa Passes, Ky

 

Successful applicants for the class of 2013: 66/1,992 applicants or 33%  

Estimated annual value of tuition: $8,000

 

William E. Macaulay Honors College at CUNY

Specialty: Liberal arts college at the City University of New York for top students from New York and worldwide

 

Requirement: No minimum ACT or SAT score or GPA is required, but the successful students for class 2012 have an average SAT score of 1,400 and GPA of 92.4%. The school requires two letters of recommendation and two to three essays.

 

William E. Macaulay Honors College at CUNY - Location: New York

 

Successful applicants for the class of 2013: 985/3,750 applicants or 26.3%

Estimated annual value of tuition (school-provided a Mac laptop included): $4,900

 

University of the People

Specialties: Business administration and computer science

 

Requirement: Applicants must submit proof of graduation from secondary school, proficiency in English, and have access to a computer with an Internet connection. No minimum ACT, GPA or SAT are required. The school follow a five-year academic schedule.

 

University of the People - Location: Online

 

Successful applicants for the class of 2013: The school enrolls all students who meet the requirements. In the first two terms, there are approximately 300 students from 69 countries.

 

 

 

College of the Ozarks

Specialty: Liberal arts with required work-study program

 

Requirement: Applicants should be in the top half of their graduating class. No minimum GPA is required. Although the financial need is required to demonstrate, but it waived for 10% of entering class.

 

College of the Ozarks - Location: Point Lookout, Mo.

 

Successful applicants for the class of 2013: 140/4,000 applicants for 4%

Estimated annual value of tuition: $16,900

 

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