STUDENT AFFAIRS OP 91.178: Policy on Out-of-State Tuition Waivers and Scholarships
Date: Revised 10/26/2006
Purpose
To provide guidelines and regulations governing out-of-state tuition waivers and scholarships.
Policy
Effective fall semester 2005, waiver of full or partial out-of-state tuition is provided for students in the following categories who meet certain initial requirements and continued if specified academic requirements are maintained.
Procedure
1. Sons and
Daughters of Alumni Out-of-State Tuition Waiver
Application for admissions will also serve as the application for the waiver.
Entering non-resident students who do not meet the criteria for the academic
out-of-state tuition scholarship who are the son or daughter of an alumnus or
alumna who has earned a minimum of 48 semester hours of credit, or earned a
degree from Mississippi State University are eligible for a waiver of 50 percent
of non-resident tuition. Both undergraduate and graduate students are eligible
for this waiver.
• Waiver is 50 percent of out-of-state tuition and continues at the 50 percent level if the undergraduate student maintains full time enrollment and maintains a 3.00 GPA at the end of each fall semester. Graduate students must maintain full time enrollment and maintain a 3.00 GPA.
• Grades are monitored at the end of each fall semester.
2. Academic
Out-of-State Tuition Scholarship
Entering freshman must meet competitive criteria, including qualifying high
school core GPA and official test scores. The criteria will be determined each
year by the Undergraduate Scholarship Committee and will be based on the level
of competition of the pool of applicants. an ACT composite score of 24 or a
combined SAT score of 1090 or higher and a core high school GPA of “B” or
higher. Test scores must be earned on a singular testing. This scholarship is
applicable to first time entering freshmen only.
• Scholarship is 100 percent of out-of-state tuition and continues at the 100 percent level if the student maintains full time enrollment and maintains a 3.00 GPA.
• Grades are monitored at the end of each fall semester.
3. Community
College Students Out-of-State Tuition Scholarship
Transfer students must have completed at least 48 hours of transferable
community college courses (determined according to MSU standard policy and
practices) applicable to a bachelor’s degree at MSU with a minimum cumulative
3.0 GPA.
• Scholarship is 100 percent of out-of-state tuition and continues at the 100 percent level if the student maintains full time enrollment and maintains a 3.00 GPA.
• Grades are monitored at the end of each fall semester.
Loss of Alumni, ACT/SAT and Community College
Waiver and Scholarship Appeal Process
Appeals of loss of out-of-state waiver/scholarship may be made on the basis of
mitigating circumstances. Mitigating circumstances must be documented in the
appeal for reinstatement of the out-of-state waiver/ scholarship. Mitigating
circumstances are those that have an effect upon the student’s academic
performance, were substantially beyond the control of the student, and whose
occurrence would not likely be repeated. Illness or injury of the student or
death in the student’s immediate family are examples of situations which could
be mitigating circumstances. However, there is no circumstance that
automatically qualifies a student for reinstatement of waiver/scholarships
eligibility. All appeals must include the Out-of-State Waiver/Scholarship and
Award Appeal Form with an attachment with all facts and documentation pertinent
to the basis for the appeal. Appeals must be received by the Office of
Admissions and Scholarships in Room150 Montgomery Hall (P.O. Box 6334,
Mississippi State, MS 39762) at least five (5)class days prior to the last day
to register during the applicable fall or spring semester and prior to
registration day for each summer session.
Additional Option for First Time Entering
Freshmen:
Freshman students with a cumulative grade point average of less than 3.00 at the
end of their first fall semester may appeal the loss of the out-of-state
waiver/scholarship. The student must present the Out-of-State
Waiver/Scholarships and Award Appeal Form along with a copy of their grades to
the Office of Admissions and Scholarships within 30 days of the end of the
spring semester documenting a cumulative GPA of 3.00 or above for reinstatement
of out-of-state waivers. There is only one probation period for
waiver/scholarship recipients.
A completed Out-of-State Waiver/Scholarship and Award Appeal Form must accompany each student’s appeal letter and support documentation. The Out-of-State Waiver Appeals Committee, appointed by the vice President for Student Affairs, has authority over all appeals and its decisions are final. An appeal form can be obtained by contacting the Office of Admissions and Scholarships at the address listed above or through the web at: http://www.admissions.msstate.edu.
4. Athletic Out-of-State Tuition Waiver
• Institutional Executive Officers are authorized each fiscal year to transfer or use from Unrestricted Educational and General funds for athletic expenditures an amount provided in IHL policy number 704.01. The institution will not exceed the amount authorized in the IHL policy in any fiscal year. For the purpose of this policy, athletic expenditures include, but are not limited to, waivers of non-resident tuition.
• The Athletic Department will pay for any additional out-of-state tuition waivers not funded by the above referenced policy.
5. Honda/Barrier
Scholarship Out-of-State Tuition Waivers
The E&G portion of the out-of-state tuition waiver is eliminated.
6. Music (Band and
Chorus) Out-of-State Tuition Waivers
Awarded by Music Department. Both undergraduate and graduate students are
eligible.
• Awards are granted through audition.
• Waiver is either 45 or 90 percent of out-of-state tuition.
• These awards may be combined with other out-of-state tuition waivers, not to exceed 100 percent of cost of out-of-state tuition.
7. Academic Common
Market Out-of-State Tuition Waivers
The student must be a legal resident of awarding state and approved for a
specific major. Both undergraduate and graduate students are eligible.
• Waiver is 100 percent and will remain at the 100 percent level unless student’s field of study changes.
8. Grade point averages for continuation of all waivers/scholarships are monitored for eligibility at the end of each fall semester.
Review
The Vice President for Student Affairs is responsible for the review of this operating policy every four years or as needed.
OP 91.178
01/19/07
For information about this policy, contact the responsible/reviewing department hyperlinked above.
