Financial Aid
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CSS/Financial Aid Profile (Required by some colleges)
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Tuition Break
What is Tuition Break?
NEBHE's Tuition Break program, the New England Regional Student Program (RSP),
enables thousands of New England residents to enroll at out-of-state New
England public colleges and universities at a discount. Students are eligible for the RSP Tuition Break when they
enroll in an approved major that is not offered by the public colleges and
universities in their home-state.
New England includes the following
six states: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and
Vermont.
Hundreds of Approved Programs
More than 700 undergraduate and graduate degree programs are offered through
the RSP Tuition Break by New England's 82 public colleges and universities.
Check Find a Program.
Savings
Since it was established in 1957, the RSP Tuition Break has provided New
England residents discounts on more than 240,000 annual tuition bills, with
total savings well into the billions of dollars. In the 2010-11 academic year,
over 9,000 New England residents saved an estimated $53 million in tuition
because of the RSP. A full-time RSP student received an average tuition break
of $7,000.
The RSP Tuition Break program not
only saves students thousands of dollars in college tuition, but also enables
the six New England states to expand educational opportunities for their
residents, while avoiding duplication of costly academic programs.
