SUNY Freezes Tuition 2026-27, Awards $1.7M Hudson Valley

SUNY New Paltz and SUNY Purchase College will split $1.7 million in state funding as part of a $54 million allocation across SUNY's 29 state-operated campuses, Chancellor John B. King Jr. announced today.

SUNY New Paltz receives $1.2 million; SUNY Purchase gets $500,000. The funding maintains a tuition freeze for resident undergraduates in 2026-27 and covers revenue losses from the freeze. The Board of Trustees also froze broad-based resident undergraduate fees.

The FY 2027 budget brings total Direct State Tax Support increases to $445 million over four years. Governor Kathy Hochul, Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie backed the investment.

SUNY New Paltz President Darrell P. Wheeler said the money will fund infrastructure improvements, enhance student services, and create regional jobs. Wheeler highlighted state support for the university's Science of Reading Center, which trains teachers in evidence-based literacy instruction.

State Senator Toby Ann Stavisky, chair of the Higher Education Committee, said legislators added $54 million statewide to prevent tuition increases. "In an affordability crisis, holding the line on tuition is one of the most powerful tools we have," Stavisky said.

Campuses will use funding for general operating support, student success initiatives, faculty and staff recruitment, research programs, paid undergraduate internships, mental health services, disability services, and food insecurity resources. SUNY will also eliminate fees for graduate student workers.