The New York State Tuition Assistance Program is available to students who must be a legal New York State resident for 12 continuous months prior to enrolling or qualified under NYS DREAM Act. For academic year 2024-2025, dependent undergraduate students within a household earning under the income limit, independent undergraduate students (married or single) with tax dependents, and undergraduate students who qualified as an orphan, foster child, or ward of the court at any time since the age of 13 must have $125,000 or less net taxable income (NTI); independent undergraduate students (married) without tax dependents must have $60,000 or less net taxable income (NTI); and independent undergraduate students (single) without tax dependents must have $30,000 or less net taxable income (NTI). The scholarship will be awarded for 3 years to students pursuing their associate degree full-time; 4 years to students pursuing their bachelor's degree full-time; and 5 years to students in approved five-year degree programs. Applicants must have graduated from high school in the United States, earned a high school equivalency diploma (GED), or passed a federally approved "Ability to Benefit" test. Applicants must also attend an approved college, be enrolled in a degree-granting program of study and maintain good academic standing, and be charged at least $200 for tuition per year. Please visit the scholarship's website for more information.