What if I am an active duty service member?
Per Federal Student Aid requirements, a public postsecondary school may not charge a member of the armed forces who is on active duty for a period of more than 30 days more than the school’s tuition rate for residents of the state. Similarly, the service member’s spouse and dependent children are entitled to the in-state tuition rate.
In addition, if the service member, spouse, or dependent child pays the in-state tuition rate, the public institution must allow the person to continue to pay such a rate as long as the individual is continuously en¬rolled, even if there is a subsequent change in the permanent duty station of the service member to a location outside of the state.
Definitions for tuition rates for military families
- Armed Forces—the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard.
- Active duty— full-time duty in the active military service of the United States. Active duty includes full-time training duty, annual training duty, and attendance, while in the active military service, at a school designated as a service school by law or by the Secretary of the military department concerned. Active duty does not include full-time National Guard duty.