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WUE Provides Students Greater Access to College with Reduced Tuition Rates at Participating Schools
WUE Provides Students Greater Access to College with Reduced Tuition Rates at Participating Schools
Going to college out of state may mean paying up to three times more than attending a school or university in your home state/territory*. The Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE) was established in 1987 to make college more affordable and accessible to students in the West.
Through WUE, students from the WICHE region* can choose from hundreds of undergraduate programs across the West and pay no more than 150% of the institution’s resident tuition rate.
Today, more than 170 public colleges and universities offer reduced tuition rates through WUE to qualifying students. Participating schools offer these discounted rates to help students avoid the full cost of pursuing higher education outside their home state and minimize the impact of student loan debt.
Find your perfect match. Download the list of WUE schools and use the online WUE Tuition Savings Finder to see how much you can save.
wue-powerpoint.pptxDetermine Your Eligibility
Determine Your Eligibility
WUE is only available to residents of the West who want to attend a public out-of-state school that is also in the West. Use this checklist to help determine your eligibility and so that you may be one of the next students to benefit from reduced tuition.
Be a qualified resident of one of these 15 U.S. states (Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawai’i, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wyoming) or three territories (the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, or American Samoa)
Plan to study at a college or university in a state or territory in the West that is not your current location of legal residency.
Make sure your school of choice participates in WUE – not every school in the West does! Click here for a list of participating WUE schools (or check the WUE Tuition Savings Finder for details on each institution’s WUE rate which is updated each December).
APPLY
APPLY
Apply for admission directly to the school(s).
Apply early. As you may see on your chosen school’s WUE Tuition Savings Finder profile, some schools set earlier deadlines for WUE applicants or fill WUE student quotas on a first-apply, first-considered basis.
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