20 states offer in-state tuition to unauthorized immigrant students, 16 by state legislative action and four by state university systems.
16 state legislatures enacted laws to allow in-state tuition benefits for certain unauthorized immigrant students.
These laws typically require attendance and graduation at state high schools, acceptance at a state college or university, and promising to apply for legal status as soon as eligible. At least 4 state university systems—the University of Hawaii Board of Regents, University of Michigan Board of Regents, Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education and Rhode Island’s Board of Governors for Higher Education—established policies to offer in-state tuition rates to unauthorized immigrant students.
NCSL – Tuition Benefits for Immigrants
NCSL – Undocumented Student Tuition: Overview
Texas Tribune – Interactive: Undocumented Students on In-State Tuition
Huffington Post – Dreamers Plead With Texas Lawmakers: Don’t Take Away In-State Tuition
US News – Republican Florida Governor Rick Scott Signs In-State Tuition Bill for ‘Dreamers’
Huffington Post – 15 States Now Grant In-State Tuition To Undocumented Immigrants
Wallstreet Journal – Some States Resist Offering Tuition Breaks to Undocumented Immigrants
Chicago Tribune – Republican New Jersey governor to approve in-state tuition for illegal immigrants
AZ Central – Arizona ‘dreamers’ cheer in-state tuition from regents
Statesman – Trowbridge: A conservative’s defense of in-state tuition for immigrants
Texas Tribune – Interactive: Undocumented Students on In-State Tuition
Pew – Apprehensions of Mexican migrants at U.S. borders reach near-historic low
Pew – More Mexicans Leaving Than Coming to the U.S.
Star Telegram – Fix the college aid process for U.S. citizen children of immigrants
NPR – What It’s Like To Be College-Bound And Worried About Your Immigration Status
When Undocumented Youth Are Banned From College, The Entire Nation Fails
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