TUITION INCENTIVE PROGRAM

Western Kentucky University offers a Tuition Incentive Program (TIP) to qualified students who are residents of specific counties in Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Missouri and Tennessee.   This program is open to students from the following counties:

*Counties in red are not eligible for TIP Scholarship.

Effective, beginning in the Fall 2002 term, tuition for Undergraduates will be assessed at approximately 1.25 times the corresponding full-time resident rate for undergraduate students attending the main campus (approximately $915.00 per semester above in-state tuition). TIP can be a variety of amounts for part-time undergraduate students, depending on the number of hours taken.
You may contact the Office of Billings and Receivables for an hourly breakdown.

Residents of Macon, Robertson and Sumner counties, Tennessee are eligible to receive in-state registration fees by virtue of a reciprocity agreement between Kentucky and Tennessee. This agreement is through the states' legislatures and is subject to change or cancellation by those bodies. For additional information, students may contact the Office of Admissions .

Visiting Students/Transient students will be required to have the visiting student form on file to qualify for the program. This form is available from the Office of Admissions.

All students with 59 or fewer earned semester hours registering as full-time (12 or more hours) are required to live in campus housing . For further information on Housing Agreements, information concerning exemptions or to mail Housing Agreement and deposit contact Housing and Residence Life .

There is no application for the Tuition Incentive Program. Eligibility for all undergraduates is determined by the Office of Admissions.

TUITION INCENTIVE PROGRAM SCHOLARSHIP(TIPS)

You can read and print the Tip brochure by clicking here.

Students with superior achievement will receive a "Tuition Incentive Program Scholarship" (TIPS) to pay the difference between the tuition rate for resident undergraduate students attending the main campus and the Tuition Incentive Program (approximately $1,830 per year).

• The scholarship will automatically be awarded to beginning freshmen with a unweighted cumulative grade point average of a 3.5 AND a 25 composite ACT score or a 1130 SAT total.

• Transfer students from an accredited college or university must have a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale with at least 24 semester hours attempted.

• Students enrolled with a "Tuition Incentive Program Scholarship" may qualify for each subsequent academic year with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher.

• Students not receiving a "Tuition Incentive Program Scholarship" as a new student cannot receive the scholarship at a later date.

• If the "Tuition Incentice Program Scholarship" is cancelled because a 3.0 GPA is not maintained , it will not be re-instated later.