Military Residency Tuition Exemption

Admissions    /    Residency     /    Military Residency Tuition Exemption

Military affiliated students may qualify for a resident tuition rate depending on their situation.

To apply for a military exemption to the residency requirements, you must complete the residency application and submit the required documentation under one of the qualifying categories below.

Residency Application

Military Service Exceptions

U.S. Military service member on active duty

  • Copy of the military orders placing you on active-duty assignment.
  • Copy of your current military ID card.

U.S. Military service member on active duty immediate family member (Spouse or Dependent)

  • Copy of the military orders placing the service member on active duty assignment.
  • Copy of the military service member’s military ID card and a copy of your military privilege card.
  • Evidence of family relationship (Service member’s tax return, birth certificate, marriage certificate)

U.S. Military Veteran

  • Copy of Military DD-214, which includes proof of honorable or general discharge.

U.S. Military Veteran immediate family member (Spouse or Dependent)

  • Copy of military veteran’s DD-214, which includes proof of honorable or general discharge.
  • If applicant is the dependent child or spouse of the U.S. military veteran, a copy of the military service member’s most recent federal tax return verifying they claimed the applicant as a tax dependent or copy of birth certificate or marriage certificate.

Foreign service member and immediate family member (Spouse or Dependent)

The foreign service member is domiciled in Utah, recognizing the individual may not be physically present in the state due to an assignment:

  • Documents that show domicile

- Or -

The foreign service member is assigned to a duty station in Utah

  • Evidence of the foreign service members status
  • Statement from the foreign service members current commander, or equivalent, stating the foreign service member is assigned to Utah OR evidence that the foreign service member is domiciled in Utah.

 

Note: the following are members of the service:

  • Chiefs of mission, appointed under section 3942(a)(1) or assigned under section 3982(c);
  • Ambassadors at large, appointed under section 3942(a)(1);
  • Members of the Senior Foreign Service, appointed under section 3942(a)(1) or 3943, who are the corps of leaders and experts for the management of the Service and the performance of its functions;
  • Foreign Service officers, appointed under section 3942(a)(1), who have general responsibility for carrying out the functions of the Service;
  • Foreign Service personnel, United States citizens appointed under section 3943, who provide skills and services required for effective performance by the Service;
  • Foreign national employees, foreign nationals appointed under section 3943, who provide clerical, administrative, technical, fiscal, and other support at Foreign Service posts abroad; and
  • Consular agents, appointed under section 3943 by the Secretary of State, who provide consular and related services as authorized by the Secretary of State at specified locations abroad where no Foreign Service posts are situated.
United States Department of Defense employee and immediate family member (Spouse or Dependent)
  • DOD civilian's current United States Department of Defense identification card
  • A statement from the DOD civilian's current commander, or equivalent, stating that the DOD civilian is assigned in Utah
  • Evidence that the DOD civilian is domiciled in Utah, including all of the following documents:
    • Utah voter registration card
    • Utah driver’s license or identification card
    • Utah vehicle registration
    • Member, military service member's spouse's name, DOD civilian, or
      DOD civilian's spouse filed as a resident in accordance with Section 59-10-502; or
      (v)proof that the military service member or, military service member's spouse,
      DOD civilian, or DOD civilian's spouse owns a home in Utah, including a
      property tax notice for property owned in Utah.