College of Graduate Studies

Academic Common Market


Are you eligible for the Academic Common Market?

The Academic Common Market (ACM) is a special program that allows students from participating states to register for unique academic majors at Middle Tennessee State University without paying out-of-state tuition fees.

Taking advantage of the Academic Common Market at MTSU is an easy two-step qualification process:

  1. you must apply to MTSU and be accepted,
  2. you provide your ACM State Coordinator with proof of your acceptance and verification of your intended major field of study.

A four-part requirement insures that you will retain your in-state benefits.

  • Enroll continuously for Fall and Spring semesters as a full-time student (9 graduate credit hours minimum)
  • Remain a student in your ACM major
  • Remain in Good Academic Standing
  • Maintain a permanent address in state certifying for ACM

 


Eligible Graduate Programs and Participating States

Aviation Administration (M.S.)
Kentucky, Louisiana, South Carolina, Texas

Business Education (M.Ed.)
Louisiana

Economics [Financial Economics] (M.A.)
Alabama

Health, Physical Education, and Recreation [Sport Management] (M.S.)
South Carolina

History [Public History] (M.A.)
Alabama, Mississippi

Horse Science (M.S.)
Texas, West Virginia

Professional Sciences [Biotechnology] (M.S.)
Alabama

Psychology [Experimental] (M.A.)
Florida

Public History (Ph.D.)
Alabama, Florida

Recording Arts and Technologies (M.F.A.)
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia



Academic Common Market State Coordinators

Alabama
Alabama Commission on Higher Education
(334) 242-2209
Arkansas
Arkansas Department of Higher Education
(501) 371-2038
Delaware
Delaware Higher Education Commission
(302) 577-5240
Florida
Board of Governors, State University System of Florida
(850) 245-9701
Georgia
Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia
(404) 656-0765
Kentucky
Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education
(502) 573-1555
Louisiana
Louisiana Board of Regents
(225) 342-4253
Maryland
Maryland Higher Education Commission
(410) 260-4536
Mississippi
Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning
(601) 432-6422
North Carolina
UNC Academic Common Market State Coordinator
(919) 962-4597
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education
(405) 225-9170
South Carolina
South Carolina Commission on Higher Education
(803) 737-2248
Tennessee
Tennessee Higher Education Commission
(615) 741-7572
Texas
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
(512) 427-6225
Virginia
State Council of Higher Education for Virginia
(804) 225-2621
West Virginia
Higher Education Policy Commission
(304) 558-0262

If Middle Tennessee State University offers a program which is not available in your home state and is not yet ACM approved, we urge you to contact your state ACM coordinator for approval of the program. Your state coordinator retains the right to make a final decision regarding your eligibility.