Fee Discounts and Waivers

Senior Adult Discount
Rules & Procedures

Senior Adult Fee Discount/Waiver rules and forms are available at the MTSU Admissions Office. Senior Adult students should register and submit these forms to the Bursar's Office as outlined below.

T.C.A. 49-7-113. Disabled and Elderly Persons--Auditing or Enrollment.

(a)(1) Disabled persons suffering from a permanent total disability which totally incapacitates such person from working at an occupation which brings him an income, and persons who have retired from state service with thirty (30) or more years of service, regardless of age, or persons who will become sixty (60) years of age or older during the academic quarter or semester, whichever is applicable, in which such persons begin classes and, who are domiciled in Tennessee, may audit courses at any state-supported college or university without paying tuition charges, maintenance fees, student activity fees or registration fees; however, this privilege may be limited or denied by the college or university on an individual classroom basis according to space availability.
(a)(2) The provisions of this section shall not apply at medical schools, dental or pharmacy schools, and no institution of higher education shall be required to make physical alterations of its buildings or other facilities to comply with this section.
(a)(3) Prior to admittance, the university or college involved may require an affidavit or certificate from a physician or an agency charged with compensating the disabled person or adjudicating the permanent total disability of the person who is requesting admittance to classes, that such person is permanently totally disabled as set forth herein.
(a)(4)A student who is receiving services under federal or state vocational rehabilitation programs is not eligible for a waiver of tuition and fee benefits under this section. (b) Subject to the same terms and conditions as provided in subsection (a), disabled persons, as defined in subsection (a), and persons who will become sixty-five (65) years of age or older during the academic quarter or semester, whichever is applicable, in which such persons begin classes and, who are domiciled in Tennessee, may be enrolled in courses, for credit at state-supported colleges and universities without payment of tuition charges, maintenance fees, student activity fees or registration fees, except that the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee and the board of regents of the state university and community college system may provide for a service fee which may be charged by the institutions under their respective jurisdictions, the fee to be for the purpose of helping to defray the cost of keeping the records of such students and not to exceed seventy dollars ($70) a semester.

. SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS

Due to the "space availability" rule, the reduced rate will not be applied for classes selected and/or held during priority registration.

Class selection for Senior Adult students participating in the reduced rate program is during late registration each semester. Late registration begins on the first day of class for the Fall/Spring semesters, and on the first day of class for each individual session during the Summer semester. The late registration fee will be waived.

Persons 60 years of age or older may audit classes without tuition charges. Persons 65 years of age or older may register for classes for credit by paying a service fee not to exceed $70.00. (Note: This fee includes maintenance fees, student activity fees, technology access fees, and registration fees; it does not preclude an application fee, late fee, change-of-course fee, parking fee, special course fee, etc.).

The applicant must be eligible for admission, and an application fee of $25.00 is required.

Proof of age must be submitted to the MTSU Admissions Office at the time of application.

A separate form, obtained from the MTSU Admissions Office, is required for each semester, and must be submitted in person during late registration fee payment at the Middle Tennessee State University, Business Office, Room 103, in the Cope Administration Building. Fees will be adjusted at this time.

If you have any questions regarding the Senior Adult reduced rate program, please contact the MTSU Admissions Office at (615) 898-2111.