These colleges offer free tuition to families earning up to $200K

federal student loan debt taken on by Emory students dropped from $12 million in the 2021-22 academic year to $4 million in 2024-25.

“And it’s going to keep going down,” Leach said.

Other universities, too, have flattened the “barbell” and eased the burden of debt on middle-income applicants.

Since the fall of 2025, the University of Pennsylvania has continue reading …