Reduced Tuition & Eligible Scholarships For NY Southern Tier Residents
First-year and transfer students residing in six New York Southern Tier counties enrolled at the Mansfield campus, pay reduced tuition and receive eligible merit scholarship awards.
Scholarships are awarded based on academic achievement. In addition, the following factors from your admissions application may be relevant: commuting vs living on campus, state of residency, campus of choice, and program of study. If any of these variables change, your scholarship may be impacted. Scholarship availability will be assessed after application deadlines. Scholarship values are reviewed annually and subject to change.
Eligible New York Southern Tier Counties: Broome, Chemung, Schuyler, Steuben, Tioga & Tompkins
First-Year Scholarships for Fall 2026
Commonwealth University will evaluate the potential to provide merit scholarships to prospective students who complete their application for Fall 2026 admission. Complete your admissions application as soon as possible for merit scholarship consideration.
Notice: Scholarship values are reviewed annually and subject to change. Scholarship funding is limited.
First-Year Merit Scholarships Applicable to Eligible NY Residents
Resident Students
4-point GPA* | NY Southern Tier Resident Student Scholarship per Year | NY Southern Tier Resident Student Scholarship 4-Year Total |
|---|---|---|
| 3.80 - 4.00 | $4,000 | $16,000 |
| 3.50 - 3.79 | $3,000 | $12,000 |
| 3.00 - 3.49 | $2,000 | $8,000 |
| 2.50 - 2.99 | $1,000 | $4,000 |
| *Scholarships will be awarded based on cumulative GPA at the time of application. All GPAs are converted to a 4.0 scale. | ||
Commuter Students
4-point GPA* | NY Southern Tier Commuter Student Scholarship per Year | NY Southern Tier Commuter Student Scholarship 4-Year Total |
|---|---|---|
| 3.80 - 4.00 | $2,000 | $8,000 |
| 3.50 - 3.79 | $1,750 | $7,000 |
| 3.00 - 3.49 | $1,500 | $6,000 |
| 2.50 - 2.99 | $1,000 | $4,000 |
| *Scholarships will be awarded based on cumulative GPA at the time of application. All GPAs are converted to a 4.0 scale. | ||
Notices
- Costs and scholarships will convert to out-of-state rates if a student transfers from the Mansfield location to Bloomsburg, Lock Haven, or Clearfield at any point before degree completion.
- Students who select a 2+2 program, where the curriculum requires completion at another location of Commonwealth University (Bloomsburg, Lock Haven or Sayre), can maintain the reduced tuition rate at the other location assuming they have completed the full two years at Mansfield and have exhausted the required courses at Mansfield before making the transition.
Disclaimer
Full tuition waiver employment benefits and other institutional tuition-specific waivers or awards may not be stacked with institutional scholarship awards and may not be used to cover fees or other costs for Commonwealth University. Partial tuition waiver employment benefits and other institutional tuition-specific scholarship awards made through Commonwealth University may be combined, with tuition waiver employment benefits applied first, to cover up to 100% of tuition.
First-Time Transfer Scholarships for Fall 2026
First-time transfer students residing in six New York Southern Tier counties (Broome, Chemung, Schuyler, Steuben, Tioga, and Tompkins) who transfer to the Mansfield location will pay Pennsylvania reduced tuition and receive eligible merit scholarship awards.
Scholarships will be awarded based on cumulative GPA at the time of application.
Notice: Scholarship values are reviewed annually and subject to change. Scholarship funding is limited.
First-Time Transfer Merit Scholarships Applicable to Eligible NY Residents
| GPA Range | Amount |
|---|---|
| 3.50 - 4.00 | $2,500 |
| 3.00 - 3.49 | $2,000 |
| 2.50 - 2.99 | $1,500 |
| 2.00 - 2.49 | $1,000 |
Disclaimer
Full tuition waiver employment benefits and other institutional tuition-specific waivers or awards may not be stacked with institutional scholarship awards and may not be used to cover fees or other costs for Commonwealth University. Partial tuition waiver employment benefits and other institutional tuition-specific scholarship awards made through Commonwealth University may be combined, with tuition waiver employment benefits applied first, to cover up to 100% of tuition.
Cost (2025-2026)
The following table highlights the total yearly reduced cost applicable to southern tier NY residents from an eligible county that enroll at the Mansfield location. Cost is subject to change for future terms and is based on 12-18 credits per semester (fall/spring).
Reduced Costs Applicable to Eligible NY Residents
| Mansfield | |
|---|---|
| Tuition | $8,234 |
| Fees | $4,485 |
| Housing (Double) | $7,602 |
| Food (19 meals/week + flex) | $4,610 |
| Books (Estimated) | $1,200 |
| Total per year | $26,131 |
Notices
- Per credit rate for NY Southern Tier Residents is $343
- Costs are subject to change without notice and are dependent upon the action of the Board of Governors of the State System of Higher Education and the Commonwealth University Council of Trustees.
