Undergraduate Tuition at No Greater Than the Resident Rate
Veterans pursuing undergraduate study at Oregon public institutions are charged tuition no greater than the Oregon resident rate, under House Bill 2158.
Verified August 23, 2026
What this benefit is
Veterans pursuing undergraduate study at Oregon public institutions are charged tuition no greater than the Oregon resident rate, under House Bill 2158.
What it's worth: Undergraduate tuition capped at the Oregon resident rate
- The department describes the cap as applying at Oregon public institutions for undergraduate study.
- The saving is the gap between the non-resident and resident rates at the institution, which is not published here.
- A separate provision reduces non-resident tuition for graduate student-veterans; it is recorded separately.
Who is entitled to it
- The rate applies to the veteran.
- You served in the armed forces.
Not sure whether that describes you?
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How to claim it
Deadline: At admission or residency classification- 1Raise it at admission. Residency and rate classification are decided by the institution and are much harder to reopen later.
- 2Take the DD Form 214 to the campus veterans office, which usually handles these classifications rather than the registrar.
- 3Note this is the undergraduate provision. Graduate study is covered by a different, narrower reduction.
- 4Ask what happens if you interrupt study — nothing read this session addresses continuity.
- 5If a campus is unfamiliar with it, the department maintains a campus veteran services contact who deals with exactly this.
- Form
- The institution’s residency classification process
- File with
- The public institution’s registrar or veterans office
- Documents you will need
- dd214
- No renewal
- Once granted it does not need renewing.
Sources
- authority · published policyOregon Department of Veterans’ Affairs — Education (non-resident veteran in-state tuition under House Bill 2158, and the separate graduate non-resident tuition reduction under HB 4021)
Why only one source type: Read from the administering department’s own education page. No ORS text was reachable this session, so the bill numbers are carried as the department prints them and the codified section is not claimed.
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