Scholarship/ Partial Tuition Waiver and Change in Non-resident Tuition Assessment

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DOCUMENT TYPE:

Policy

PURPOSE:

If an undergraduate student has received a KU partial tuition waiver or non-resident scholarship  and has a change in tuition assessment or residency status the scholarship through the Office of Financial Aid & Scholarships will be cancelled or adjusted to the appropriate resident-based scholarship.

APPLIES TO:

All Financial Aid and Scholarships staff members.

Any prospective freshman, transfer student, and/or current undergraduate who was awarded an out-of-state FAS scholarship and has a change in residency or has a tuition adjustment and is no longer assessed out-of-state tuition.

CAMPUS:

Edwards, Lawrence

POLICY STATEMENT:

If an undergraduate student has received a scholarship through the Office of Financial Aid & Scholarships (FAS) dependent upon nonresident status and is subsequently granted residency or has a tuition adjustment, scholarship will be cancelled or adjusted to the appropriate resident-based scholarship.

  • In-state merit scholarships are awarded when a student is granted residency for tuition-purposes only – not for reciprocity. 
  • Students enrolling in an exclusively online bachelor’s degree program are not eligible for FAS merit-based scholarships.
  • Students receiving the Edwards Campus Metro rate are not eligible for FAS merit-based scholarships. 

CONTACT:

Office of Financial Aid & Scholarships
1502 Building
1502 Iowa Street
Lawrence, KS 66045
financialaid@ku.edu
785-864-4700

RESPONSIBLE UNIT: 

Financial Aid & Scholarships

APPROVED BY:

Director, Financial Aid & Scholarships

APPROVED ON:

2012-09-01

EFFECTIVE ON:

2012-09-01

REVIEW CYCLE:

Annual (As Needed)

CHANGE HISTORY:

11/20/2025: Updated policy regarding reciprocity, metro rate and online coursework.
09/29/2025: Updated formatting.
04/01/2025: Migration to TeamDynamix from Drupal.
11/20/2024: Removed undergraduate nonresident status reciprocity award applicability. 
03/09/2023: Updated contact section.
12/12/2022: Reviewed; added non-resident scholarship.
11/15/2021: Reviewed and added transfer language.
12/10/2020: Reviewed policy and added Edwards Campus.
10/16/2019: Updated contact section.
12/21/2018: Reviewed and updated contact information.
05/14/2018: Reviewed and updated contacts. 
09/11/2015: Reviewed.
08/15/2014: Reviewed.
08/23/2013: Approved.

TITLE: 

Scholarship/ Partial Tuition Waiver and Change in Non-resident Tuition Assessment