You must apply for the tuition rebate during the semester you plan on graduating.  Complete the Tuition Rebate Application form when you apply to graduate.  The form must be submitted to the College of Science Undergraduate Advising Center, Centennial Hall 202, prior to the official date of graduation but not before the beginning of your final semester.  If you do not graduate because you did not meet the graduation requirements, you will need to complete another form for the next semester in which you are eligible. 

The form can be located online.  After the final grades are posted, the College of Science Undergraduate Advising Center will review your records for academic eligibility.  If eligible, your form will be sent to the Texas State Accounting Office for financial review.  The College of Science Undergraduate Advising Center will notify only those students who are not academically eligible.  The Accounting Office will review the academically eligible students and notify them if they will or will not receive the tuition rebate. You must meet the qualifications below in order to be academically eligible for the tuition rebate. Please note that even if you are eligible academically, you may not be financially eligible. 

Academic Qualifications

To be eligible for the rebate program, student must:

• Complete the tuition rebate application form and submit it to the College of Science Undergraduate Advising Center no later than the workday immediately preceding his or her graduation
• Have enrolled for the first time in an institution of higher education in the fall 1997 semester or later
• Request a rebate for course work related to a first baccalaureate degree received from Texas State University-San Marcos
• Student must have been a resident of Texas and have been entitled to pay resident tuition at ALL times while pursuing the degree.  Non-resident students who establish residency for tuition purposes are not eligible (i.e. a student attends a foreign or out-of-state institution prior to enrolling at Texas State is not eligible)
• If enrolled for the first time in fall 2005 or later, graduate within four calendar years for a four-year degree or within five calendar years for a five-year degree if the degree is in architecture, engineering, or any other program determined by the Board to require more than four years to complete
• Have attempted no more than three hours in excess of the minimum number of semester credit hours required to complete the degree under the catalog under which the student graduated
• Hours attempted include transfer credits, course credit earned exclusively by examination, (except that, for the purposes of this program, only the number of semester credit hours earned exclusively by examination in excess of nine semester credit hours is treated as hours attempted), courses dropped after the official census date, for-credit developmental courses, optional internship and cooperative education courses, and repeated courses
• For students concurrently earning a baccalaureate degree and a Texas teaching certificate, required teacher education courses shall not be counted to the extent that they are over and above the free electives allowed in the baccalaureate degree program
• Courses dropped for reasons that are determined by the institution to be totally beyond the control of the student shall not be counted.  The policies shall include, but shall not be limited to the following conditions:
  1. a severe illness or other debilitating condition that may affect the student’s academic performance
  2. an indication that the student is responsible for the care of a sick, injured or needy person and that the student’s provision of care may affect his or her academic performance; or performance of active duty military service.