Military: Survivors

Program Purpose

To provide a waiver of nonresident tuition to the spouse and/or children of non-Texas members of the U.S. Armed Forces and Commissioned Officers of the Public Health Service who died or was killed while in service, if the spouse or child becomes a Texas resident.  For more information visit the states website: www.collegefortexans.com.

Qualifications

To be eligible to apply for this program a student must: 

1) Be an individual who is the spouse or child of a non-Texas member of the U.S. Armed Forces or Public Health Service who died or were killed while in service.  

2) Must move to Texas within 60 days of the date of the death of the service member. (The parent is not required to relocate to Texas WITH the child for the child to qualify for the waiver.)

Award Amount

This program permits nonresident students to pay tuition and fees at the resident rate.

It is limited to Texas public colleges and universities.

Application Process

The student may contact the Student Financial Services Office at 956-292-7298 for information on claiming this exemption.