Butler University- (Established 1855) – offers debt free undergraduate education to students with demonstrated financial need.
 
 Butler University will become the third US college to join a network that offers a two-year, debt-free associate degree program for students with a demonstrated financial need, university president James Danko announced Friday.

After earning an associate degree, the new program will allow students to receive a bachelor’s degree from the university for about $10,000, Danko said.

“You only need one ray of light to chase all the shadows away.”

– Fredrik Backman, A Man Called Ove

The new program aims to help students of color, first-generation college students and students from low-income households receive a higher education. Danko said the University will begin enrolling students in the two-year college next year for the Fall 2025 semester. It will be funded through endowments and donations, he added