State Programs

Exemptions

• Adopted Students Formerly in Foster or Other Residential Care
• Blind/Deaf Student Exemption Program
• Children of Disabled or Deceased Firemen, Peace Officers, Game Wardens, and Employees of Correctional Institutions
• Early High School Graduation Scholarship: On or after 9/01/05-Prior to 9/01/05
• Educational Aide Exemption
• Exemption Program for Children of Professional Nursing Program Faculty and Staff
• Exemption for Clinical Preceptor and Their Children
• Exemption for Highest Ranking High School Graduate - Valedictorian Tuition Waiver
• Exemption for the Surviving Spouse and Dependent Children of Certain Deceased Public Servants (Employees)
• Exemption for Child of Deployed Member of the Armed Forces
• Firefighters Taking Fire Science Courses
• Foster Care Program
• Military: Children of U.S. Military who are Missing in Action or Prisoners of War (MIA/POWs)
• Military: Exemptions for Texas Veterans (Hazlewood Exemption)
• Military: Orphans of Texas Members of the U.S. Armed Forces or National Guard
• Military: Texas National Guard Tuition Assistance Program
• Senior Citizen, 65 or Older, Free Tuition for 6 Credit Hours
• TANF Exemption Program

Waivers

• Academic Common Market Waiver
• Competitive Scholarship Waiver
• Economic Development Waiver
• Foreign Exchange Students (the Reciprocal Educational Exchange Program)
• Good Neighbor Scholarship Program
• Mexican Citizens with Financial Need-Border County Waiver
• Military: After Assignment in Texas
• Military: Assigned to Duty in Texas
• Military: Honorably Discharged, Separated or Retired Veterans who Move to Texas
• Military: NATO Forces
• Military: Radiological Science Students of Midwestern State University
• Military: Spouse and Dependents Who Previously Lived in Texas
• Military: Survivors
• Out-of-State Military: If Family Intent is to Make Texas Home
• Research Assistants and Teaching Assistants Waiver
• Waiver for College Faculty and their Dependents
• Waiver of Nonresident Tuition for Foreign Service Officers Stationed in Mexico Attending Public Institutions of Higher Education in Texas

Institutional Tuition Waivers

• Employee Benefit Waiver
• Distance Learning Fee Waiver
• Mandatory or Discretionary Fee Waiver

State Scholarships and Grants

• Top 10% Scholarship Program
• Fifth Year Accounting Student Scholarship
• Professional Nursing Scholarship Program
• Engineering Scholarship Program
• Robert C. Byrd Scholarship

Other

• Texas Rehabilitation Commission Program
• Veteran's Rehabilitation Program