Your Residency Status
Will I pay resident tuition?
You can view your status in myWSU on the Financial Aid tab. If you are coded as Resident Status: Resident or Tuition Residency: Resident you will pay resident tuition for this term.
Find your residency status in myWSU
myWSU > Financial Aid tile > Financial Aid Summary > Tuition Residency
Your residency is visible by school year. Select "Change" view a different term. Your tuition bill is based on the Tuition Residency field. Your overal residency may be different from the Tuition residency field.
- Residency Status: Overall residency used to calculate financial aid.
- Tuition residency: Tuition is calculated based on this field. If Residency Status is Non-Resident, your Cost of Attendance may reflect non-resident until closer to the time your tuition bill is due.
- Residency exception: If you have a resident tuition exception, this field describes the type of exception. Military exception information. Freely Associate States exception information. American Indian exception information.
Students with Military Residency exceptions
Military residency allows certain military-affiliated students the benefit of resident tuition. Students are coded as Non-Resident overall; the Tuition Residency field will show Resident. Cost of Attendance is initially calculated at the Non-Resident rate and financial aid will adjust the tuition to Resident at some point before tuition is due. You can view WSU's Cost of Attendance to calculate the difference between resident and non-resident tuition. If your tuition does not eventually adjust, contact us. If Tuition Residency is Resident, you do not need to reapply for Military Residency.
Some military-affiliated students are eligible for full resident status
Financially dependent students with a parent who has maintained their Washington ties, or financially independent students who have lived in Washington for 12 months, you may be eligible for full resident status. Take the Residency Quiz to see if you are eligible. The recommendation is to complete the military application first to guarantee resident tuition, then apply using the Traditional application if you are eligible for full resident status.
Benefits of full resident status
- Cost of attendance will display correctly.
- Eligibility for state financial aid.
Checking your tuition bill in myWSU
Though not easy to find, you can check the amount of your tuition bill to determine if your residency has been updated in myWSU. Please allow at least five (5) business days for Financial Aid to repackage your aid and re-calculate your bill.
Where can I find it?
myWSU > Financial Account tile > Account Inquiry > Charges Due
- Non-Resident Tuition includes the words NR Tuition. You may also have NR Tui-S&A for fees.
- Resident Tuition includes the words Res Tuition. You may also have Res Tui-S&A for fees.
See the screenshots below.
How much is resident tuition?
You can find current tuition charges on Financial Aid's Cost of Attendance page. For undergraduates, Resident Tuition for the Fall 2022 semester was about $5500. Non-Resident Tuition was about $13,000. Online resident tuition is listed as "ONLIN UGRD Tuition".
