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Killed in Action, Prisoner of War or Died in the Line of Duty — Undergraduate Tuition and Fees Waived

A surviving spouse or dependant of a resident servicemember who died in the line of duty, was listed as a prisoner of war, or was killed in action is entitled to a waiver of all undergraduate tuition and fees through the state university system.

Verified August 23, 2026

What this benefit is

A surviving spouse or dependant of a resident servicemember who died in the line of duty, was listed as a prisoner of war, or was killed in action is entitled to a waiver of all undergraduate tuition and fees through the state university system.

What it's worth: All undergraduate tuition and fees waived through the state university system

  • Unlike most tuition benefits in this corpus, the office describes this one as covering fees as well as tuition — read the campus bill carefully to see what it actually zeroes.
  • The deceased member must have been a resident of this state. Residency of the survivor is a separate question the office does not answer on this page.
  • The waiver is described as undergraduate. Graduate study is not named.

Who is entitled to it

  • You are a surviving spouse or a dependant.
  • Your home is in this state.

Not sure whether that describes you?

Answer a few questions about this benefit specifically — we only ask what this one actually depends on, and we stop as soon as we know.

How to claim it

Deadline: Set by the campus each term
  1. 1Contact the university system or the Office of Veterans Affairs at the number the office publishes; the page routes applicants to both.
  2. 2Gather the proof that the member was a resident of this state at the relevant time — that is the eligibility hinge the page states.
  3. 3Ask the campus bursar in writing which line items the waiver removes. "Tuition and fees" on an agency page and "tuition and fees" on a campus bill are not always the same list.
  4. 4Ask whether the waiver applies to a second degree or is limited to a first undergraduate award; the page does not say.
File with
The university system, or the Office of Veterans Affairs
Each term
Claimed per academic term.
Worth knowingThree separate circumstances open this waiver — death in the line of duty, a prisoner-of-war listing, and killed in action. A prisoner-of-war listing is not a death, so a family can be inside this waiver while the member is still listed as living.
Known gapThe page does not state whether the surviving spouse or dependant must themselves be a resident, whether there is an age limit on a dependant, or whether there is a time limit from the date of death. All three are ordinary limits elsewhere in this corpus and none is published here.

Sources

Why only one source type: The Office of Veterans Affairs states the three qualifying circumstances, the class of beneficiary and the scope of the waiver on its own education page. The university system’s own policy was not reachable this session.

This finder provides an informational match, not a government eligibility determination. The responsible agency decides your application.