Joins Fresno State in new Cal State programs to ease the financial guesswork for incoming students
By Amy DiPierro, EdSource, Photo: Cal Poly Humboldt, February 25, 2025
A new initiative at California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt, seeks to allay students’ doubts about whether they can afford to enroll there. If there is agap remaining after traditional financial aid awards,Humboldt says it will pick up the balance starting in the fall.
Cal Poly Humboldt’s Green & Gold Guarantee makes it the second among the 23 California State University (CSU) campuses to launch a last-dollar tuition guarantee after California State University, Fresno began one last fall.Based on previous enrollment trends, the Humboldt program could cover as many as 2,000 students a year.
The average award is expected to fill a gap of roughly $200 on average, not an enormous amount on its own but enough to provide a sense of stability to worried students, officials say. And by attracting and keeping more students, Humboldt hopes to continue its climb back from a drastic enrollment drop in the past decade.
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