# Massachusetts — State tuition-free college (promise) programs: eligibility rules by state

For Massachusetts, program is MassReconnect; institutions covered is community college; funding model is last-dollar resources awarded to eligible students; who qualifies is students 25 years and older, verified against its source on 2026-08-18.

- **State:** Massachusetts _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Program:** MassReconnect _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Institutions covered:** community college _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Funding model:** last-dollar resources awarded to eligible students _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Who qualifies:** students 25 years and older _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> Building on the success of MassReconnect, which made community college free for students 25 years and older, the Healey-Driscoll Administration and state Legislature made public community college free for students of any age and income in Massachusetts.

## Source

- https://www.mass.edu/osfa/programs/masseducate.asp

Last verified: 2026-08-18. Review by: 2027-08-18.
Part of [State tuition-free college (promise) programs: eligibility rules by state](https://referencesource.org/state-promise-free-college-programs/).