Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP)
HEOP serves New York State residents who are both educationally and economically disadvantaged as per New York State Education Law § 6451 🔗 and § CRR-NY 27-1.1 🔗.
Economically disadvantaged students are members of a household where the total annual income of such household is equal to or less than 185 percent of the amount under the annual United States Department of Health and Human Services poverty guidelines 🔗.
Each participating HEOP institution establishes its own criteria for educationally disadvantaged, which includes, but is not limited to, the following factors: predicting a student’s probability of academic success, non-admissibility to the college’s normal admissions standards, and/or to the college at the matriculated status in a degree program.
NYS Opportunity Programs Income Eligibility Guidelines for Academic Years 2021-22 to 2025-26* 🔗
Excelsior Scholarship Program
Students from families who reside in New York, earning $125,000 or less may also have the opportunity to attend a state-operated SUNY or CUNY college tuition-free.
Application available December 2024!