Tribal members who meet the following two conditions are eligible to pay residency tuition at colleges and universities in Washington State:
- Membership in one of the federally recognized tribes list whose traditional and customary tribal boundaries included portions of the state
of Washington, or whose tribe was granted reserved lands within the state of Washington
- Students must be a member of one of the federally recognized Indian tribes, as determined under Title 25 of the Code of Federal Regulations (25CFR), whose traditional and customary tribal boundaries included portions of the state of Washington, or whose tribe was granted reserved lands within the state of Washington.
- For a period of one year immediately prior to enrollment at a state institution of higher education, students must have been domiciled in one or a combination of the following states: Idaho, Montana, Oregon, or Washington.
Application Process/How to Return the Form:
- Complete the Resident Tuition for Tribal Affiliation form and submit your Tribal Card
- Complete the Residence Questionnaire if you are classified as: Out of State
- Provide the required documentation to support the resident tuition form. See the form for complete details.
- The Tribal Affiliation form can be returned:
- In person at the Enrollment Services Desk in Building I or;
- Uploaded to Residency on ctcLink (please notify residency@rtc.edu if you upload) or;
- Emailed from your RTC student email to: residency@rtc.edu.
RTC recommends that documents are submitted in person at the Enrollment Services desk OR uploaded to ctcLink.
Disclaimer: All reclassifications will be accepted up to the 30th calendar day of the quarter. If all documentation required has not been submitted by the 30th calendar day, that request will be considered for the following quarter. Submitting documentation and any supporting information does not guarantee residency for tuition purposes. Residency is not retroactive and cannot be redetermined for a previous quarter. Residency does not automatically update, once a student has lived in WA for 12 months; students must submit the needed documents and request the update on their account. Residency Officers may ask for additional documentation or information to clarify residency status.