tuition-free

Without academic fees

Tuition-free describes education that charges no tuition fees: tuition-free community college, Germany offers tuition-free university education.

The term typically applies to public institutions or scholarship programs.

Students may still face costs for housing, books, and fees—tuition-free means only that instruction itself carries no charge.

education

scholarship

Educational funding or erudition

funded · subsidized · financial aid · merit-based · need-blind · fellowship · stipend · endowment · Pell Grant · state-funded

policy

Germany

Central European nation

  • NorwayScandinavian coastal kingdom
  • FinlandScandinavian country, capital Helsinki
  • SwedenScandinavian country, capital Stockholm

Denmark · public funding · education reform · progressive · socialist · welfare state · legislation · advocacy · Bernie Sanders · Elizabeth Warren

access

affordable

Reasonably priced

equitable · first-generation · low-income students · underserved · equal opportunity · social mobility · non-selective · universal access · unrestricted · open-door policy

alternatives

apprenticeship

Learning trade through employment

GI Bill · employer-sponsored · work-study · MOOC · Coursera · Khan Academy · coding bootcamp · corporate training · guild system · AmeriCorps

Categories
Opposites
cost to student

tuition-freeout-of-pocket

Paid from personal funds

costly · expensive · self-funded · unsubsidized · for-profit

accessibility/barriers

tuition-freeunaffordable

Too costly to buy

exclusive · elite · inaccessible

Family

tuition, free, tuitions, tutor, tutorial, tutoring, tutored, tutors, tutorship

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G