{"id":347,"date":"2025-10-15T00:00:24","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T00:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wcsu.wpengine.com\/veterans\/?page_id=347"},"modified":"2026-03-10T18:52:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T18:52:21","slug":"tuition-waivers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/veterans\/tuition-waivers\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuition Waivers"},"content":{"rendered":"

CT State Veterans Tuition Waiver:<\/u><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Under Connecticut state statutes, tuition at Connecticut public colleges and universities may be waived for eligible veteran students that satisfy all of the requirements below (eligibility is not retroactive).<\/p>\n

What are the Requirements?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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    1. Be formally accepted for admission<\/strong> to an undergraduate\/graduate degree seeking program at WCSU (although you do not have to declare a major initially).<\/li>\n
    2. Be living in Connecticut<\/strong> at the time of acceptance, which includes domicile for less than one year. If you applied to WCSU with an out-of-state address, you become domiciled when you get a CT address.<\/li>\n
    3. Have served at least 90 or more cumulative days active duty<\/strong> in time of war (see \u201cSpecified War Times\u201d <\/em>below) except if separated from service earlier because of a federal Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) rated service-connected disability; or the war, campaign or operation lasted less than 90 days and service was for the duration. Initial Entry Training & Active Duty Training does not qualify towards active duty service.<\/li>\n
    4. Be honorably discharged or released under honorable conditions**<\/strong> from active service in the U.S. Armed Forces (U.S. Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force and Coast Guard). National Guard members activated under Title 10 of the United States Code are also included. **Effective October 1, 2018:\u00a0 Public Act 18-47 extends the CT State Veterans <\/strong>Tuition Waiver to Veterans with \u201cOther than Honorable<\/em>\u201d discharge if diagnosed by a licensed provider<\/strong> with a \u201cqualifying condition<\/em>\u201d defined in Public Act 18-47 as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) resulting from military service, a traumatic brain injury (TBI) resulting from military service, or experienced military sexual trauma (MST) as described in 38 U.S.C. \u00a0 1720D.\u00a0 A Veteran with a \u201cBad Conduct\u201d or \u201cDishonorable\u201d discharge is NOT eligible.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Specified War Times<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

      A.\u00a0 Active duty for at least ninety (90) days<\/strong>:<\/p>\n