Eligible freshmen applicants who demonstrate financial need can submit an application fee waiver to cover the application fee.
A submission request does not guarantee that your application fee will be waived. Students that submit an application fee waiver request must meet eligibility by submitting the correct documentation to support the request. UT San Antonio’s Office of Undergraduate Admission will review your request. If your application fee waiver request is denied, you will be required to pay the application fee.
International, Transfer, Readmits, Special Undergraduate, and Graduate applicants are not eligible for application fee waivers.
Application Fee Waiver Eligibility
Domestic Freshman applicants are eligible for an application fee waiver if any of the following criteria below applies, and the supporting documentation is submitted for review:
- Freshmen applicant is a ward of the state or an orphan.
- Freshmen applicants’ annual family income falls within the Income Eligibility Guidelines set by the USDA Food and Nutrition Service.
- Freshmen applicant lives in federally subsidized public housing, a foster home or is homeless.
- Freshmen applicants’ family receives public assistance such as TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families).
Other criteria that may qualify Freshman applicants for a fee waiver may include:
- ACT and/or College Board SAT application fee waiver form
- NACAC fee waiver form with supporting documentation listed in Step 2 below
- Students who submit a NACAC fee waiver form without supporting documentation can qualify for an application fee deferral. See details below.
How to Submit an Application Fee Waiver
To request an admission application fee waiver, there are two steps to complete:
- Designate an application fee waiver request on your application if you’re applying on Common App. If you’re applying on ApplyTexas, proceed to step 2.
- Using UT San Antonio’s Document Uploader, submit any of the following supporting documentation to verify Fee Waiver Request.
- Upload* ACT and/or College Board SAT application fee waiver form.
- Upload* documentation that student is a ward of the state or orphan.
- Upload* documentation that the student lives in subsidized public housing, a foster home or is homeless.
- Upload* documentation that the student’s family received public assistance – TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families).
- Upload* the IRS transcript reflecting the total family income is at or below the federal economic index for free/reduced lunch eligibility requirements. You must provide a Tax Transcript from the IRS. Copies of tax returns (such as a Form 1040) will not satisfy this requirement.
*Documents should be uploaded through our Document Uploader after you have activated your myUTSA ID. Once you have logged in, read the instructions, and click on “Upload a new document,” select “Undergraduate Admissions,” select the term you have applied to select “Application Fee Waiver” category, select the appropriate document name, attach your document then press “upload.” We advise that you do not e-mail anything that has your social security number displayed.
Fee Deferment Eligibility
Eligible domestic freshmen or domestic transfer applicants who demonstrate financial hardship but who may not qualify for an application fee waiver can submit an application fee deferral request to defer the application fee to be paid at a later date.
Please note: a submission does not guarantee that your application fee will be deferred. Supporting documents should be submitted with deferral request. UT San Antonio’s Office of Undergraduate Admission will review your request to determine eligibility. If your fee deferral request is denied, you will be required to pay the application fee in order to complete your application.
Eligible domestic freshman who submit an NACAC fee waiver form but do not have supporting documentation to qualify for an application fee waiver will have their application fee deferred to be paid at a later date.
International, Readmits, Special Undergraduate, and graduate applicants are not eligible for application fee deferral.
Application Fee Waivers FAQs
This means that UT San Antonio needs additional documents to review your application fee waiver. If this item shows on your admission checklist, we received your request but we still need your documents. Please check the list of allowed documents above under How to Submit an Application Fee Waiver.
Application fee payments do not show up right away. Please wait up to 3 business days to see the payment on your account. A business day is a weekday (not a weekend or a holiday). If your fee still doesn’t show on your account after 3 business days, email a copy of your payment receipt to [email protected].
Fee waivers are not applied right away. Please allow 1–2 weeks for the update to appear on your account. Processing times might be longer during busy periods. Don’t forget to double check that you submitted all required documents listed on that page.
Transfer, international, readmit, special undergraduate and graduate students are not eligible for application fee waivers. However, domestic transfer students who demonstrate financial need may submit an application fee deferral request to [email protected]. If approved, the deferred application fee will be paid at a later date.
No. International, transfer, readmit, special undergraduate and graduate students are not eligible for application fee waivers. Only eligible domestic freshman students who show financial need may receive a fee waiver to cover the application fee.