Reciprocity
There are special agreements reached between various states allowing students
to pay tuition rates which are less than the non-resident rates. These
arrangements are called reciprocity agreements.
General Information
A student in non-resident status will be paying non-resident tuition unless
reciprocity is approved for the student by the student's home state. It is
important to apply for reciprocity early to avoid charges for late payment
of tuition bills. The student is responsible for the entire non-resident tuition
until reciprocity has been approved. The deadline for applying for reciprocity
in any semester is the last day of that semester.
There currently are reciprocity agreements between Minnesota and...
- Wisconsin
- ALL Wisconsin students
must apply to the state of Wisconsin for reciprocity. Their website
address is www.heab.state.wi.us (click
on Apply for Reciprocity, under Features). You may apply online or print
out a form and mail it to the Wisconsin Higher Educational Aids Board
address as given on the form.
- North Dakota
- ALL transfer students (or students who graduated from high school more
than 12 months prior to attendance at Minnesota State Mankato) must apply
to the state of North Dakota for reciprocity. You may apply online or
use the paper application (see below). Their website address is www.ndus.nodak.edu/students/other-resource/details.asp?id=115
- Freshman students entering directly from high school (within
12 months after graduation) for Fall or Spring terms, need NOT apply for
reciprocity.
- South Dakota
- South Dakota residents entering Minnesota State Mankato within seven
years of graduation from a South Dakota high school and whose parents
still reside in South Dakota, need NOT apply for reciprocity.
- If you do not qualify for these reasons, but feel you are a South Dakota
resident, contact the Office of the Registrar (see email and phone information
below).
- Manitoba
(strictly speaking, this is not a reciprocity agreement)
- Manitoba students may request a special residency rate by submitting
a completed Residency Classification Request form available at the Office
of the Registrar or online.
Paper Reciprocity Applications
Paper application forms that can be sent to particular
states, are available at www.getreadyforcollege.org by
clicking on Apply for Reciprocity and downloading the appropriate state's form.
Be sure to use the correct year's form when you apply.
- student first attending Fall 2007
- use the 2007-2008 form
- it covers Fall 2007, Spring 2008, and Summer 2008
- students first attending Summer 2007
- fill out two forms
- use the 2006-2007 form for Summer 2007
- use the 2007-2008 form for Fall 2007
Print, read, and fill out the application
carefully!
Mail the application to your home state's address, located on the form. A
letter of eligibility should be forthcoming from your home state within six
weeks.
Once a student has become eligible, they remain so unless they change schools
or do not earn at least one credit during a reciprocity year. In either of
these cases, the student needs to reapply to their home state to insure reciprocity
coverage.
Please check your online invoice to make sure it does not read NM or NON-RES
for residency status. Contact the Office of the Registrar, if you are being
charged non-resident tuition rates and you believe that you should have reciprocity.
Questions concerning reciprocity should be directed to
Reciprocity Secretary
(room: WA 132, phone: 389-5263)
