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Graduate Tuition Benefit Program Guidelines
The University of Utah's Graduate Tuition Benefit Program (TBP) is described as follows. Major program components are: (1) eligible categories of supported graduate students, (2) registration requirements, (3) financial support requirements, (4) service requirements, (5) residency/meritorious status, (6) restrictions, and (7) administration of the TBP.

5. RESIDENCY AND MERITORIOUS STATUS
As approved by the University of Utah President and according to Utah law and the Board of Regents' policy, out-of-state TBP students are exempt from paying non-resident tuition. Their graduate tuition benefit is at the in-state rate for the appropriate TBP level (100%, 75%, or 50%). Tuition and fees not covered by the TBP are the student's responsibility. Out-of-state, non-international graduate students receiving a tuition benefit must apply for Utah residency upon fulfilling sixty (60) semester credit hours at a regionally accredited Utah institution of higher education. Comprehensive and aggressive action should be taken by departments to ensure that U.S. citizens apply for Utah residency once 40 graduate credit hours are reached. Credit hours for graduate-level courses 6000 and above shall be multiplied by 1.5 in calculating the required 60 semester credit hours. A student's ability to establish residency will not affect receipt of a tuition benefit. (For complete Code on Utah residency, revised 2002, go to: http://www.sa.utah.edu/admiss/appdownload/Resident.pdf).
Graduate meritorious status is established by:
a. Admission to the University of Utah as a matriculated graduate student;
b. Selection on the basis of merit, determined by written policy in each department, as a supported graduate student receiving a salary or stipend from the University of Utah under the provisions and subject to the minimum levels of support provided in the Graduate Council guidelines;
c. Recommendation of the department chair;
d. A candidate for a graduate degree maintaining a 3.0 GPA or higher (except where otherwise approved, such as a 2.0 GPA in the Law School). GPAs are verified at the end of each academic year. A grade below C- is not accepted for credit toward a graduate degree; some departments further restrict C grades.