Financial Aid: Process and Programs

More than 80 percent of the full-time undergraduate students attending New York's independent (private) colleges receive financial help to meet college costs. Each year, New York's private undergraduate colleges give more than $2.2 billion in grants to their students.

Students attending New York's private colleges also annually receive (approximate figures):

• $277 million in New York State Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) grants (for NYS residents)
• $241 million in Federal Pell Grants
• $167 million in other grant and work-study aid

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