State Programs
State
Programs at UTPA is pleased to offer the following Exemptions,
Waivers, Grants, and Programs.
Please refer to the links below for further information...
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)
- 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: ROTC Students
- Military: Spouse and Dependents Who Previously Lived in Texas
- Military: Survivors
- Non Resident Tuition Waiver-Athletics
- 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
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Waiver of Nonresident Tuition for Foreign Service Officers Stationed
in Mexico Attending Public Institutions of Higher Education in Texas
Institutional Tuition Waivers
State Scholarships and Grants
Other