University Of Oregon Veterans' Dependent Tuition Waiver Application printable pdf download

University of Oregon

Veterans’ Dependent Tuition Waiver Eligibility

Information and Instructions

Admission

Student must be admitted to a degree program at the University of Oregon.

Criteria

In order to be eligible, students must meet one of two sets of criteria:

1) The student must be a child (includes adopted child or stepchild) of a Purple Heart recipient, alive

or deceased, who was relieved or discharged from service in the Armed Forces of the United States

with either an honorable discharge or a general discharge under honorable conditions and was

awarded the Purple Heart in 2001 or thereafter for wounds received in combat.

2) The child (includes adopted child or stepchild), spouse, or unremarried surviving spouse of a

member of the United States Armed Forces who:

a) Died while on active duty, or

b) Died as a result of a military service-connected disability, or

c) Is 100% disabled as the result of a military service-connected disability as certified by the

Department of Veterans Affairs or any branch of the Armed Forces of the United States.

An eligible child must be 23 years of age or younger at the time the child applies for the waiver.

Degree

A child who is older than 23 years of age is eligible for a waiver for a master’s degree program if the

Choice

child: 1) applied for and received a waiver for a baccalaureate degree when the child was 23 years

of age or younger; and 2) applied for a master’s program waiver within 12 months of receiving a

baccalaureate degree.

Residency

The student must meet Oregon residency requirements as stipulated with OAR 580-010-0030

through 580-010-0045.

Award

The maximum waiver granted under this remission program shall be: 1) The total number of

Amount

attempted credit hours equal to four years of full-time attendance for a baccalaureate degree, and 2)

the total number of attempted credit hours equal to two years of full-time attendance for a master’s

degree.

1) The waiver may not exceed the total number of credit hours the qualified student needs to

graduate with a baccalaureate or a master’s degree. Transferred credit hours accepted for a degree

program may or may not count toward the total credit hours needed for degree completion.

2) The amount of tuition waived may be reduced by the amount of any federal aid scholarships or

grants, awards from the Oregon Opportunity Grant program established under ORS 348.205, or any

other aid from the eligible post-secondary institution, received by the qualified student.

3) This benefit does not apply to study abroad or self-support courses or to previously completed

terms (waiver is not retroactive).

Other

The application form is due to the Veterans Coordinator no later than 14 days before the term.

Details

Veterans Coordinator

Office of the Registrar

215 Oregon Hall

5257 University of Oregon

Eugene, OR 97403

541-346-3119 phone

541-346-6682 fax

Revised 9/15/14

University Of Oregon Veterans' Dependent Tuition Waiver Application

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