Residency Requirements
Active Duty Military and Dependents
Effective July 1, 2009, nonresident tuition fee waivers are available to eligible new and continuing undergraduate and graduate level military students, regardless of educational purposes. The nonresident tuition fee waiver does not qualify students as a California residents; it simply waives the out-of-state tuition fee. Students who wish to have their residency status re-classified will need to apply for residency.
Active duty military personnel are eligible for a nonresident tuition fee waiver if the military member is stationed on active duty in California for more than 30 days on the residency determination date. The tuition fee waiver will be effective until the student's continuous enrollment ends, and still applies after graduating with an undergraduate degree and immediately enrolling in a graduate program at SDSU the following term.
Dependents of active duty military personnel are eligible for a nonresident tuition fee waiver if the military member is stationed on active duty in California for more than 30 days on the residency determination date. The tuition fee waiver will be effective until the student's continuous enrollment ends, and still applies after graduating with an undergraduate degree and immediately enrolling in a graduate program at SDSU the following term.
Discharged Military Personnel
Recently discharged military personnel may be eligible to receive a residency status exception for one year from the date of discharge, retirement, etc. Students who wish to have their residency status re-classified will need to apply for residency.
Please contact the Office of the Registrar at (619) 594-6871 for additional information.
