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Tuition Exemptions

Students who are included among the following categories may be eligible for exemption from tuition and specific fees:

  1. Certain military personnel and veterans of military service and their dependents;
  2. Foreign Service Officers;
  3. Higher education faculty and their dependents;
  4. Teaching and research assistants and their dependents;
  5. Certain recipients of competitive scholarships;
  6. 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;
  7. Children of eligible disabled firefighters or law enforcement officers;
  8. Disabled peace officers and firefighters;
  9. Blind and deaf students;
  10. Students 55 years of age or older;
  11. Certain students who were adopted and were formerly in foster or other residential care, or under the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services;
  12. Students enrolled exclusively in distance learning curricula; and
  13. 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.