New York State Financial Aid Programs

New York State offers many financial aid programs aimed at assisting students with meeting their educational expenses. At BCC over 2000 full-time students receive tuition financing each year through the NY State Tuition Assistance Program (TAP).

All of the NY State finacial aid programs are administered through the New York State Higher Education Services Corporation ( HESC ), which also acts as the State's guarantee agency for the Federal Family Educational Loan Programs. HESC offers a variety of on-line services including information about financial aid programs such as the Aid for Part-time Study program ( APTS ) as well as offering you the opporturnity to complete an on-line TAP application.

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