In addition to scholarships
and other forms of assistance UNCF provides to students,
UNCF is also the largest non-governmental provider of
support to 39 private member institutions. Because of
support from donors through UNCF, member institutions
are able to keep tuition approximately 26 percent lower than
tuition at other comparable schools. That’s important,
because over 90 percent of students at UNCF-member institutions
require some form of financial aid. Approximately 84
percent of students at UNCF-member colleges come from
families with low to moderate incomes. UNCF-member institutions
do much more with less, conferring 9,000 bachelor’s
degrees each year.