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Here’s what students need to know about the UT Promise free tuition program

Staff Photo by Robin Rudd/ A Red Bank student looks at information concerning UT Promise. Interim UT President Randy Boyd and UTC Chancellor Steve Angle were at Red Bank High School to discuss the UT Promise Endowment campaign with the school's juniors and seniors.
Staff Photo by Robin Rudd/ A Red Bank student looks at information concerning UT Promise. Interim UT President Randy Boyd and UTC Chancellor Steve Angle were at Red Bank High School to discuss the UT Promise Endowment campaign with the school's juniors and seniors. Staff Photo by Robin Rudd/ A Red Bank student looks at information concerning UT Promise. Interim UT President Randy Boyd and UTC Chancellor Steve Angle were at Red Bank High School to discuss the UT Promise Endowment campaign with the school's juniors and seniors.

By Meghan Mangrum 4 min read

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For more information or to apply for the UT Promise Scholarship Program, visit: https://tennessee.edu/ut-promise/.

College freshmen who enroll at any University of Tennessee campus starting in the fall of 2020 can go to school for free thanks to a new scholarship program – UT Promise.

Announced in March, UT Promise is a last-dollar scholarship program that guarantees free tuition and fees for qualifying Tennessee students that come from families with household incomes less than $50,000.

Last dollar? Qualifying students? What about the HOPE Scholarships? Some students and families might be asking what this means for them.

Here are some things you should know about the UT Promise Scholarship program.