MILWAUKEE — The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is launching the Milwaukee Tuition Promise. The program starts in fall 2024. 

What You Need To Know

  • Through the Milwaukee Tuition Promise, eligible students can receive coverage for up to four years of tuition and segregated fees

  • The Milwaukee program is modeled after the Wisconsin Tuition Promise program. Like that program, the Milwaukee Tuition Promise is set up “to provide ‘last dollar’ financial aid after federal and state grants. The program will cover tuition for fall and spring semesters"

  • Students whose families earn less than $62,000 a year are eligible for the program. Independent students who earn less than $31,000 a year are also eligible

The Milwaukee Tuition Promise’s goal is to have more Wisconsinites graduate with bachelor’s degrees. The school said it especially wants to help first-generation students and students who come from low-to-moderate incomes.

Through the program, eligible students can receive coverage for up to four years of tuition and segregated fees.

The Milwaukee program is modeled after the Wisconsin Tuition Promise program. Like that program, the Milwaukee Tuition Promise is set up “to provide ‘last dollar’ financial aid after federal and state grants. The program will cover tuition for fall and spring semesters.”

Students whose families earn less than $62,000 a year are eligible for the program. Independent students who earn less than $31,000 a year are also eligible.

“UWM remains committed to increasing access to higher education for students who might otherwise be unable to attend college. That’s why we’re investing in student access and success for another cohort of UWM students,” UW-Milwaukee Chancellor Mark Mone said. “This is one of the most powerful ways we make working toward a UWM degree a real possibility for families with lower incomes.”

In order to be eligible for the program, students must be Wisconsin residents and enrolled at UW-Milwaukee full time. They also must be first-time bachelor’s or first-time associate’s degree-seekers.

To be eligible, UW-Milwaukee said students must also meet these requirements:

  • "Must file a FAFSA. This must be done by the first day of the first term students enroll and by the first day of the first term of every subsequent aid year. 
  • "Eight semesters of eligibility total for bachelor-degree-seeking students. Four semesters of eligibility for associate-degree-seeking and transfer students. A student who transfers after the first year could be eligible for six semesters. The semester count will start in Fall 2024.
  • "Must meet Standards of Academic Progress (SAP) and other Title IV eligibility requirements.
  • "Must be continuously enrolled during fall and spring semesters. No taking a semester off.
  • "Must have been employed at some point during the preceding year."

“Helping more students cover tuition means more investment in their futures,” said UW-Milwaukee Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Andrew Daire. “The Milwaukee Tuition Promise could support more than 1,000 students for four years at UWM. When students earn a degree, it can change the course of their lives and their families’ lives for the better.”

UW-Milwaukee said it graduates more than 5,000 students every year and said 80% of those graduates stay in Wisconsin and join the state’s workforce, and even raise families. This program, the school said, not only benefits students but also the state.

The program is funded by donors and private funding.

To learn more about the program, click here. 

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