American Indian Non-Resident Tuition Waiver

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Students must meet a domicile requirement of living in Washington, Idaho, Montana, and/or Oregon for the previous 12 months AND must be a member of a federal recognized Indian tribe with traditional and customary boundaries included in Washington state or whose tribe was granted reserved lands within Washington state.


More information can be found on the Residency website.

Domicile Requirement

There is a domicile requirement to use this non-resident tuition waiver. You must live in Washington, Idaho, Oregon, and/or Montana for 12 months prior to the start of the semester that you are requesting to receive resident tuition.

Have you lived in WA, ID, MT, or OR for the last 12 months?*

WA = Washington, ID = Idaho, MT = Montana, OR = Oregon

Please select the state(s) below.

Domicile Requirement is not met

The law requires that students meet the domicile requirement to receive this waiver. The student must have lived in Washington, Idaho, Oregon, or Montana for 12 months prior to admission at WSU to be eligible. The state law.

Federally Recognized Tribe Requirement

To be eligible for resident tuition, you must be a member of certain federal recognized Indian tribes.

Please select your tribe below. You may select more than one tribe, if appropriate.

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Federally Recognized Tribe requirement not met

The law requires that students must be members of one of the federally recognized Indian tribes whose traditional and customary tribal boundaries included portions of the state of Washington, or whose tribe was granted reserved lands within the state of Washington. Federal recognition of an Indian tribe shall be as determined under 25 C.F.R. by the United States bureau of Indian affairs. The state law. The most recent list of tribes can be found on the WSAC website under "Other Ways to Meet Residency Requirements > Tribal Members".

Student Information

Your response will be emailed to your WSU email address; we will not email your personal email address. Please check your spam folder for emails from Smartsheet or residency@wsu.edu.

Have you uploaded your Tribal documents to Student Financial Services (SFS)?*

You may have uploaded your Tribal documents as part of the scholarship application process. If the Residency Officer is upable to find your documents, you will receive an email at your WSU email address requesting that you submit them.

Please upload your tribal documentation. If you previously submitted your document to Student Financial Services, go back and change your answer to the previous question. If you are using an Apple device, convert your images to jpg. We cannot open heic files in Windows.

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