Award Amounts and Income Limits

TAP Awards cannot exceed the maximum amounts shown or 100 percent of tuition, whichever is less.

Award Amounts

Undergraduate Students At Degree-Granting and Not-For-Profit Institutions

Dependent Students or Independent Students Who are Married and Have Tax Dependents or Independent Students Who are Single and Have Tax Dependents
First Year in Which Student Received an Award	Award Range
2000 - 2001 and thereafter	$500 - $5,000
1994 - 1995 through 1999 - 2000	$500 - $4,125
All years prior to 1994 - 1995	$500 - $3,575

Independent Students Who are Married and Have No Other Tax Dependents
First Year in Which Student Received an Award	Award Range
Applicable to students who receive awards in any school year	$500 - $3,025

Independent Students Who are Single With No Tax Dependents
First Year in Which Student Received an Award	Award Range
All years since 1994 - 1995	$500 - $3,025
1992 - 1993 and 1993 - 1994	$500 - $2,575
All years prior to 1992 - 1993	$500 - $2,450

Undergraduate students enrolled in four-year programs may receive up to four years of assistance for full-time study, and up to five years of assistance in an approved specialized program.

Students At Proprietary Registered Non-Degree Private Business Schools

• For dependent students or independent students who are married or have tax dependents, awards range from $100 to $800
• For single independent students with no tax dependents, awards range from $100 to $640.

Income Limits

Undergraduate

• Dependent undergraduate students or independent students who are married and have tax dependents, or independent students who are unmarried and have tax dependents - $80,000 NYS taxable income.
• Independent undergraduate students who are married and have no other tax dependents - $40,000 NYS taxable income.
• Single independent undergraduate students with no tax dependents - $10,000 NYS taxable income.