Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE) Tuition

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The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo participates in the Western Undergraduate Exchange, a program of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) and other western states. Through WUE, certain students who are not residents of Hawai‘i may enroll at UH Hilo in designated programs, paying resident tuition plus 50 percent of that amount (plus other fees that are paid by all students). WUE students do not pay the higher charge for nonresident tuition. Because UH Hilo participates, Hawaiʻi residents may enroll under the same terms in designated institutions and programs in other participating states.

Students under WUE must maintain their permanent domicile in their home state. Students intending to maintain their WUE tuition status cannot change their permanent address to Hawaiʻi. Hawaiʻi residency cannot be established as a WUE student. Therefore, students must change their residency to non-resident for 12 months prior to qualifying as a Hawaiʻi resident for tuition purposes. Additionally, students must meet the residency regulations for tuition purposes as stated in this Catalog.

Enrollment at UH Hilo through the WUE program is limited to incoming students only, and restrictions may apply. Please contact the UH Hilo Admissions Office for more information about WUE programs available at UH Hilo: telephone:(808) 974-7414 or (800) 897-4456; email uhhadm@hawaii.edu; or write to the UH Hilo Admissions Office, 200 West Kāwili Street, Hilo, HI 96720-4091.

Hawaiʻi residents may obtain information about WUE programs in other states from the WICHE Certifying Officer for Hawaiʻi, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, 2530 Dole Street, Room C-200, Honolulu, HI 96822, (808) 956-6625; or from the WICHE Student Exchange Program, P.O. Drawer P, Boulder, CO 80301-9752, (303) 497-0210. The WUE Web site is www.wiche.edu/SEP/WUE/.