Key Points The University of Arizona plans to hold tuition, mandatory fees, housing and meal plan rates flat for 2027-28 for all undergraduate and graduate students. Resident undergraduates would pay $12,168 in base tuition for a fourth straight year, and the freeze now covers nonresident undergraduates ($42,600) and graduate students for the first time. Graduate students starting under the new fe

More than 870 colleges now advertise free tuition for some students, but a new Brookings Institution analysis finds most of these programs repackage existing financial aid rather than add new money. In a new research brief , economist Phillip Levine concludes that the biggest benefit of free tuition may be marketing: it tells families in plain terms that they won’t pay the sticker price that only

Real estate crowdfunding lets you buy a slice of rental homes, apartment buildings, farmland, or real estate loans online, often starting at $10 to $100. Fundrise, Arrived, and Groundfloor are open to any U.S. investor, while platforms like EquityMultiple, FarmTogether, and AcreTrader are limited to accredited investors . Here's how they compare, and which platforms froze investor money in 2025 an

The University of California’s Blue and Gold Opportunity Plan covers systemwide tuition and fees for California residents with family incomes under $100,000 who qualify for financial aid. For students entering UC in 2026-27, that’s worth $15,588 a year, made up of $14,202 in tuition and a $1,386 student services fee, according to UC’s 2026-27 fee schedule . The plan applies at every undergraduate

The University of Oregon is cutting about $65 million from its budget after lower-than-expected enrollment of out-of-state first-year students. President Karl Scholz said the university “will need to cut around $65 million from our budget to avoid an ongoing annual budget deficit in the coming years,” The College Fix reported . UO joins a run of schools where missed enrollment targets have opened