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Oklahoma Foster Care Tuition Waiver

Offered independently by Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education

Resident tuition waiverOklahoma

About this scholarship

Oklahoma waives resident tuition at state colleges and universities for students who spent time in state custody as teenagers, under the Independent Living Act.

Who can apply

Students who were in Oklahoma Department of Human Services custody for at least nine months between ages 16 and 18. The waiver must be started within three years of high school graduation and is available up to age 26 or completion of a bachelor's degree.

Every scholarship in this directory is exclusively for current or former foster youth. Read the sponsor’s own eligibility rules before you start — they decide who qualifies.

How to submit your application

  1. 1. Check the deadline. No fixed deadline published — check the sponsor's site.
  2. 2. Gather your documents. Use the checklist to the side so you are not scrambling at the last minute.
  3. 3. Open the sponsor’s application. The button below takes you straight to Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education. Your application is submitted there, directly to them.
  4. 4. Save your confirmation. Keep the confirmation email or reference number, and follow up with the sponsor if you do not hear back.
Start your application on Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education’s site

Opens the sponsor’s own application. Thank a Teacher does not receive applications and never collects or stores any of your information.