Coastal Bend College has launched a new tuition assistance program aimed at making higher education more accessible for students in rural South Texas communities.
The “Coastal Bend Promise” program is a last-dollar tuition initiative designed to cover remaining tuition costs for qualifying students after financial aid and scholarships are applied. Tuition costs at CBC can range between $900 and $2,300 per semester.
Larry Barroso, vice-president of student affairs, said the program is designed to ease the financial pressures that often prevent rural students from pursuing a degree.
“And we don’t want tuition to be an added burden to these students,” he said.
Barroso said the impact of the program could be especially significant in rural…