The bill passed in 2002 to allow eligible Utah high school graduates the opportunity to attend Utah universities and colleges and have the non-resident portion of their tuition waived.

You may qualify if you:

• Attended a Utah high school for three or more academic years.
• Graduated from a Utah high school or attained the equivalent of a high school diploma (GED) in Utah.
• Have not registered for college classes prior to the Fall 2002 academic school year.
• Do not hold a current visa.
• Have filed or will file an application to legalize their immigration status as soon as they are eligible to do so.

The following criteria is required:

1. House Bill 144 Non-Resident Tuition Waiver application
2. Utah official high school transcript/transcripts verifying:
   • Minimum attendance of 3 academic years at Utah high school/high schools
   • Completed graduation date from Utah high school

How to apply?

You can apply for the House Bill 144 tuition waiver after you have been admitted as a student at the University of Utah.  Complete the House Bill 144 Tuition Waiver Form, link below:

CLICK HERE TO APPLY: HOUSE BILL 144 TUITION WAIVER

This bill allows eligible Utah high school graduates the opportunity to attend Utah universities and colleges and have the non-resident portion of their tuition waived.

You may qualify if you:

• Are a foreign national legally admitted to the Unites States (holds a non-immigrant visa such as F-1, H-4, J-1, etc.).
• Attended a Utah high school for three or more academic years.
• Graduated from a Utah high school or attained the equivalent of a high school diploma (GED) in Utah.

The following criteria is required:

1. House Bill 118 Non-Resident Tuition Waiver application
2. Utah official high school transcript/transcripts verifying:
   • Minimum attendance of 3 academic years at Utah high school/high schools
   • Completed graduation date from Utah high school
3. Copy of active U.S. Immigration non-immigrant visa

How to apply?

You can apply for the House Bill 118 tuition waiver after you have been admitted as a student at the University of Utah.  Complete the House Bill 118 Tuition Waiver Form, link below:

CLICK HERE TO APPLY: HOUSE BILL 118 TUITION WAIVER

The Border Waiver Tuition Reduction Program is a nonresident partial tuition reduction program awarded initially only to:

• A nonresident undergraduate student who has not previously been enrolled in a college or university in Utah;
• Who has enrolled full time for ten or more credit hour;
• Whose legal domicile is within approximately 100 highway miles of the USHE institution at which the recipient wishes to enroll, or within such distance or such designated eligible communities or regions as the Board may establish for each institution;

The following criteria is required:

1. Border Waiver application
2. Proof of domicile address using one of the following:
   • Student’s State driver’s license or photo identification
   • Student’s Voter registration
   • Student’s Vehicle registration
   • Student’s state tax return filing from most recently completed tax year
3. Proof of domicile address being either one of the following:
   • Domicile within approximately 100 highway miles of the University of Utah, OR
   • Domicile address within the following towns that have been assigned to the University of Utah by USHE accepted:
     • Lyman, Wyoming
     • Mountain View, Wyoming
     • Evanston, Wyoming
     • West Wendover, Nevada

CLICK HERE TO APPLY FOR THE BORDER WAIVER TUITION REDUCTION PROGRAM

Please email us a copy of your proof of domicile address here: residency@utah.edu

See R513–5 Waiver of Nonresident Tuition 5.4 “Border Waiver”