Eligibility Requirements

Academic Eligibility

• Student must be a high school graduate or possess a state-approved equivalency diploma or its equivalent.
• Student’s academic profile, including high school transcript, College Board scores and academic history must indicate that he/she/they is eligible for NUOP.
• GPA requirements: 74 – 84 average
• Student must demonstrate potential for successful completion of the undergraduate program for which he/she/they is applying for.

Financial Eligibility

All economic eligibility criteria apply to the calendar year prior to the academic year of first entry to college. A student is considered economically disadvantaged if he/she/they is a member of a household:

• Supported by one parent if dependent, by the student or by a spouse if independent, whose total annual income is not more than the applicable amount listed in the table below.
• Supported solely by one member thereof who works for two or more employers with a total annual income which does not exceed the applicable amount set forth in the following table by more than $2,790.
• Supported by more than one worker (parents if dependent, student and spouse if independent) in which the total annual income does not exceed the applicable amount listed in the table below by more than $5,570.
• Supported by one worker (parent if dependent, student if independent) who is the sole support of a one-parent family in which the total annual income does not exceed the applicable amount listed in the table below by more than $5,570.

For the purpose of this subdivision, the number of members of a household shall be determined by ascertaining the number of individuals living in the student’s residence who are economically dependent on the income, as defined in subdivision 6 of this section, supporting the student.

All NUOP/HEOP students must provide financial documentation to be reviewed for economic eligibility according to the guidelines below.

*For 2023-24, add $8,732 for each additional family member in excess of eight.