Hartwick College has launched a tuition campaign aimed at providing transparency about the costs of attending in 2025.
Called Life Balance, the campaign centers around tuition costs and balancing academics with other opportunities at the college, according to a media release.
The 2025 yearly cost for Hartwick is $22,000 for tuition and standard fees and $16,000 for room and board, totaling $38,000 per year.
The college also has a $10,000 Hartland Promise Scholarship for students from one of the nine counties contiguous to the college.
“Life balance means different things to different people,” Hartwick vice president for enrollment management and athletics Bryan Gross said Friday, Oct. 18. “It can mean managing their academics and friends, or figuring out their pursuits, getting out in the nature or financial wellness and if they can afford college.”
With high schools back in full swing, many students and families are in the process of researching potential colleges for 2025, including affordability and location, the release stated.
“We realized the if Hartwick could make this easier, more transparent, especially the costs for tuition, it may help their decision,” Gross said. “There has been so much discussion in the past few years if going to college is even worth it, and we want to show the opportunities that we have here and be super clear about the costs and scholarships that Hartwick can provide.”
Hartwick is hosting two open houses, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 20 and on Sunday, Nov. 3.
Hartwick’s life balance initiatives include outdoor activities such as the campus trail hiking, trips to Pine Lake and Table Rock or kayaking, Gross said.
“We also think about mental health and have a counseling center, peer-to-peer advisers that connect students to resources and a unique faculty that goes beyond office hours to talk with students,” Gross said. “Each student has a success coach that works on helping students keep on track with what they may be trying to achieve while they’re here.”
Hartwick College has 1,100 students, mostly from across New York, Massachusetts and Connecticut, Gross said. Popular academic programs include nursing, biology, communications and what’s known as the J-term international learning experience. J-terms are international travel and learning programs with faculty to study for two weeks in January in countries such as Portugal, Scotland, Iceland and Japan, Gross said.
“We have had some nursing students travel to Cuba on a J-term program,” Hartwick spokesperson Gail Glover said Friday. “Our faculty curates the programs and then travels with the students which a unique part of the abroad J-terms.”
The life balance initiative at Hartwick also includes a credit program whereby students can participate in three qualifying activities per semester, including speaking engagements in the community, hikes and volunteering to earn $250 credit off of their tuition bill.
“The idea with life balance to be clear about the costs of college, scholarship opportunities, and also to let potential students know what’s available and ways to balance their lives with their college experiences,” Gross said.