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Report: Tuition Assistance Program Not Keeping up with Inflation, Tuition Costs

Since 2008-09, TAP awards rose 21% while inflation grew 44%, causing a 21% drop in recipients and steeper declines for two-year, private, and low-income students.

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The state comptroller also said that undergraduate TAP recipients dropped by 21%, or 77,000 students.

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Report: Tuition Assistance Program not keeping up with inflation, tuition costs

The state comptroller also said that undergraduate TAP recipients dropped by 21%, or 77,000 students.

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Report: Inflation and rising tuition costs outpacing aid for New York college students

A new report from State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli finds NYs Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) has not kept pace with rising college costs or inflation.

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WRGB broke the news in on Tuesday, February 17, 2026.
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