Tuition Exemptions
Students who are included among the following categories may be eligible for exemption from tuition and specific fees:
- Certain military personnel and veterans of military service and their dependents;
- Foreign Service Officers;
- Higher education faculty and their dependents;
- Teaching and research assistants and their dependents;
- Certain recipients of competitive scholarships;
- Certain students who are accepted into a clinical and biomedical research training program that leads to both the Doctor of Medicine and the Doctor of Philosophy degrees;
- Dependent children of armed forces, Texas National Guard, or Texas Air National Guard personnel who became totally disabled as a result of a service-related injury, were killed in action, died while in service, were missing serving in action, or whose deaths were directly connected with military service;
- Children of eligible disabled firefighters or law enforcement officers;
- Disabled peace officers;
- Blind and deaf students;
- Dependent children of active members of the armed forces who are classified by the Department of Defense as prisoners of war or missing in action;
- Students 55 years of age or older;
- Certain students who were adopted, formerly in foster or other residential care, or under the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services;
- Students enrolled exclusively in distance learning curricula; and
- Students eligible for other exemptions or waivers as established by the Texas Legislature and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
Contact the Office of Student Accounting for more information regarding the eligibility requirements and benefits available.