Courtesy of Hampton University
Recognizing that many Hampton University students and their families have continued to experience financial hardships and have suffered due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. William R. Harvey, Hampton University President, has announced there will be no increase in tuition, fees, room and board for the 2022-2023 academic year. In addition, all outstanding student account balances for the Spring 2022 semester will be erased.
āIn keeping with the Universityās efforts to help our students, there will be no increase in tuition, fees, room and board for the 2022-2023 academic year,ā said Dr Harvey.Ā āIn addition, on behalf of the University, I am pleased to announce that all outstanding balances for the Spring 2022 semester will be erased.Ā We hope that this action will continue to assist our students and their families at our Home by the Sea.ā
This is the latest example of Hampton University assisting its student body financially in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Qualified students received distributions under the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund and those who had an outstanding balance at the completion of the Spring 2021 semester had their balances paid off. The University also issued a $200.00 book scholarship to all enrolled students for the Spring 2022 semester. In April of 2020, Dr. and Mrs. Harvey made a $100,000 matching donation of their own money to a $100,000 gift from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to provide each on-campus student $100 to assist with travel costs to retrieve their belongings from campus or to return to school in the fall. In May, Hampton University provided each graduate in the Class of 2020 and the Class of 2021, who had a federal student loan, the sum of $500 toward repayment of that loan.Ā These payments were sent directly to the U.S. Department of Education loan servicer that was the holder of the student loan.Ā Those students who did not have student loans were reimbursed their graduation fee of $150.
