New York State is set to offer free college and tuition for high-demand fields in 2025.

You have to be a certain age:

  • You have to be from 25 to 55 years old.

What kind of college will New York State cover and will New York State pay for books?

Her office said the program would cover New York residents between the ages of 25 and 55 who enroll in associate degree programs in nursing, teaching, technology, engineering and other fields at colleges operated by the State University of New York and the City University of New York. The cost of books and other fees would also be paid for by the state", according to WGRZ.

Here are some of the criteria in order to benefit from the new tuition pay.

  • There are almost 90 schools on the list.
  • They are all sanctioned by New York State or New York City.
  • The individual applying for the free tuition must make $125,000 or less on their last year's taxes.

The college tuition average amount across the United States has only gone down slightly after hitting some record amounts. That leaves adults who go to college a big loan to pay off when they get out of college. Anyone who has borrowed money to go to college knows that it is no easy feat in order to pay off loans. Between the interest and the massive amounts of loans, it can take people a long time to pay them off.

According to the Educational Data Initiative, the average amount someone borrows for college is $37,853 from federal loans and takes on average about 20 years to pay off.

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