Waivers

A waiver of the admissions application fee is authorized for any financially needy student, who (A) has taken the SAT I test using the SAT Fee Waiver; or (B) is a participant in CONNTAC-EOC or an equally recognized educational entity; or (C) is a participant in a CSU-sanctioned special access program such as CONNCAP or Upward Bound; or (D) in the opinion of the university president or designee has special circumstances.  Per Connecticut Board of Regents 12/18/14.  For more information, please contact the Undergraduate Admissions Office. 

Bright Horizons EdAssist Solutions Educational Alliance

All Bright Horizons eligible participants (ex. Raytheon, Carrier, Otis clients) will be granted a 5% waiver off of the published class/subject tuition costs for all program offered at any of the Connecticut State University or Charter Oak State College either on campus or on-line during the spring and fall semesters and off of the published course fees for all programs delivered during the summer and winter session on campus or on-line. Per Connecticut Board of Regents 12/20/21, expires 12/20/24. For more information, please contact the Student Accounts Office.

Tuition is waived for any active member of the Connecticut Army or Air National Guard who (A) has been certified by the Adjutant General or such Adjutant General's designee as a member in good standing of the guard, and (B) is enrolled or accepted for admission to such institution on a full-time or part-time basis in an undergraduate or graduate degree-granting program.  Please note:  This waiver is not applicable during intersessions (winter, spring break, summer.)  Per Connecticut General Statutes 10a-99-d-5.  For more information, please contact the Student Accounts Office. 

Tuition is waived for any student attending the Connecticut Police Academy who is enrolled in a law enforcement program at said academy offered in coordination with the university which accredits courses taken in such program.  Please note:  This waiver is not applicable during intersessions (winter, spring break, summer.)  Per Connecticut General Statutes 10a-99-d-4.  For more information, please contact the Student Accounts Office. 

(A) The president may waive all tuition and fees or may impose the registration fee at his/her discretion for any student from a Connecticut Secondary Education school which has a specific agreement with a university within the Connecticut State University System for enrollment in up to two courses per semester or summer session on a space-available basis. (B)Academically qualified students not covered by an agreement between their school and a university may enroll in up to two courses per semester or summer session for university credits and will be charged the regular tuition and/or fees and registration fee. (C) A waiver of the part-time Tuition and General University Fee is authorized for academically qualified students enrolled in up to two courses per semester for university credit in those cases in which an academic department of a university authorizes a high school faculty member(s) to teach those university courses at a high school under the department’s supervision. Students at Southern Connecticut State University will pay a $15 fee for a “rush” transcript.  Per Connecticut Board of Regents 12/18/14.  For more information, please contact the Early College Experience Coordinator.

Tuition is waived for any resident of the state who is a dependent child or surviving spouse of a person who was killed in action while performing active military duty with the armed forces of the United States on or after September 11, 2001, and who was a resident of this state.  Please note:  This waiver is not applicable during intersessions (winter, spring break, summer.) Per Connecticut General Statutes 10a-99-d-9.  For more information, please contact the Student Accounts Office.          

Tuition is waived for any dependent child of a resident of the state who was killed in a multivehicle crash at or near the intersection of Routes 44 and 10 and Nod Road in Avon on July 29, 2005.  Per Connecticut General Statutes 10a-99-d-8.   Please note:  This waiver is not applicable during intersessions (winter, spring break, summer.) For more information, please contact the Student Accounts Office.

Tuition is waived for any dependent child of a person whom the armed forces of the United States has declared to be missing in action or to have been a prisoner of war while serving in such armed forces after January 1, 1960, which child has been accepted for admission to such institution and is a resident of Connecticut at the time such child is accepted for admission to such institution.  Per Connecticut General Statutes 10a-99-d-1.  A waiver of the Extension fee (summer and winter sessions) is authorized as well.  Per Connecticut Board of Regents 12/18/14.  For more information, please contact the Student Accounts Office.

Tuition is waived for any dependent child of a (A) police officer, as defined in section 7-294a, or supernumerary or auxiliary police officer, (B) firefighter, as defined in section 7-323j, or member of a volunteer fire company, (C) municipal employee, or (D) state employee, as defined in section 5-154, killed in the line of duty.  Please note:  This waiver is not applicable during intersessions (winter, spring break, summer.) Per Connecticut General Statutes 10a-99-d-6.  For more information, please contact the Student Accounts Office.  

Tuition is waived for any resident of this state who is a dependent child or surviving spouse of a specified terrorist victim who was a resident of the state.  Please note:  This waiver is not applicable during intersessions (winter, spring break, summer.) Per Connecticut General Statutes 10a-99-d-7.  For more information, please contact the Student Accounts Office.

A waiver of all fees except for tuition and the cost of student accident and sickness insurance for one semester is authorized for any Public Policy and Government major who participates in the Federal Internship Program in Washington, DC on a full-time basis and not able to avail themselves of services normally provided while on campus.  Per Connecticut Board of Regents 12/18/14.  For more information, please contact the Department of Political Science. 

Any matriculated full-time student enrolled at a public institution of higher education in Connecticut who has paid tuition at his or her college or university will be admitted on a space available basis without further charge to any course offered by a university within the Connecticut State University System provided the course is not offered at the student’s college or university and the student’s admission to such course(s) is recommended by the president or appropriate academic officer from his/her college or university. No student will be permitted to carry more than two courses in any semester without consent of the president of the host campus.  Per Connecticut Board of Regents 12/18/14.  For more information, please contact the Transfer Student Services Office.

Graduate Assistants enrolled at Southern as full-time graduate students shall pay full-time tuition; However, the following fees shall be waived for graduate assistants: University Fee, University General Fee (except for that portion attributable to student accident insurance), and the Student Activity Fee. Per Connecticut Board of Regents 12/19/2019. For more information, please contact the School of Graduate & Professional Studies.

Graduate Assistants enrolled at Southern for less than nine hours shall pay appropriate registration and course fees for part-time students. However, the following fees shall be waived for graduate assistants: 90% of the General University Fee. Per Connecticut Board of Regents 12/19/2019. For more information, please contact the School of Graduate & Professional Studies.

Graduate Interns enrolled at any university within the Connecticut State University System as full-time graduate students shall be required to pay full-time tuition, a University General Fee sufficient to defray the cost of student accident insurance, and student sickness insurance (if not waived by the student in accordance with Board policy), but the balance of the University General Fee as well as all other fees imposed by the Board shall be waived.  Per Connecticut Board of Regents 12/18/14.  For more information, please contact the Student Affairs Office.  

Graduate Interns enrolled at any university within the Connecticut State University System as part-time graduate students shall receive a waiver of part-time tuition and all fees including summer session and winter session Extension fees up to a total maximum of 18 credit hours, provided the interns are enrolled in courses required for completion of their degree program.  Per Connecticut Board of Regents 12/18/14.  For more information, please contact the Student Affairs Office.

A waiver of part-time Tuition, General University Fee, the registration fee, and room and board for one semester, is authorized if approved by the university for any part-time international student whose home university has, in the judgment of the university president, provided services or waived tuition and/or fees of corresponding value for students and/or faculty of the Connecticut State University System. The university president will report annually by fiscal year the number of waivers, dollar amount, and justification for the waivers by July 15 to the Chancellor of the Connecticut State University System.  Per Connecticut Board of Regents 12/18/14.  For more information, please contact the Office of International Education.  

In-State tuition will be provided to any individual identified as a refugee/asylee.  Per Connecticut Board of Regents 22-068 06/23/22.  For more information, please contact the Office of International Education. 

The University is authorized to waive room and board for any Resident Assistant.  Per Connecticut Board of Regents 12/18/14.  For more information, please contact the Residence Life Office.  

Tuition is waived for any resident of Connecticut sixty-two years of age or older who has been accepted for admission to such institution, provided (A) such person is enrolled in a degree-granting program, or (B) at the end of the regular registration period, there are enrolled in the course a sufficient number of students other than those persons eligible for waivers pursuant to this subdivision to offer the course in which such person intends to enroll and there is space available in such course after accommodating all such students.  Per Connecticut General Statutes 10a-99-d-3.  A full waiver of the Extension fee (summer and winter sessions) is authorized as well.  Per Connecticut Board of Regents 12/18/14.  For more information, please contact the Student Accounts Office.

Tuition is waived for any resident of Connecticut sixty-two years of age or older who has been accepted for admission to such institution, provided (A) such person is enrolled in a degree-granting program, or (B) at the end of the regular registration period, there are enrolled in the course a sufficient number of students other than those persons eligible for waivers pursuant to this subdivision to offer the course in which such person intends to enroll and there is space available in such course after accommodating all such students.  Per Connecticut General Statutes 10a-99-d-3.  A waiver of the University Fee is authorized for any Connecticut resident sixty-two years or older who is enrolled in a degree-granting program pursuant to the provisions of Section 10a-99 of the CGS.  Per Connecticut Board of Regents 12/18/14.  For more information, please contact the Student Accounts Office. 

Tuition is waived for any veteran who performed service in time of war, as defined in subsection (a) of section 27-103, except that for purposes of this subsection, "service in time of war" shall not include time spent in attendance at a military service academy, who has been accepted for admission to such institution and is domiciled in this state at the time such veteran is accepted for admission to such institution.  The state tuition waiver covers the amount of tuition which exceeds the tuition benefit received under the federal 2008 Post-9/11 Veteran Educational Assistance Act.  Per Connecticut General Statutes 10a-99-d-2.  A fifty (50%) percent Extension fee waiver (summer and winter sessions) is authorized as well.  Per Connecticut Board of Regents 12/18/14.  For more information, please contact the Student Accounts Office.  

That the maximum amount of Yellow Ribbon waiver that will be provided per individual in any given academic year shall be equal to one-half of the differential between in-state and out-of-state tuition and required fees for the particular program in which the student is enrolled.  Per Connecticut Board of Regents 05/05/11.  For more information, please contact the Student Accounts Office.  

Note:  Per Connecticut General Statute 10a-99-d, if any person who receives a tuition waiver, in accordance with the provisions above, also receives educational reimbursement from an employer, such waiver shall be reduced by the amount of such educational reimbursement.  Further, Veterans described above shall be given the same status as students not receiving tuition waivers in registration for courses at Connecticut State Universities.