Residency Requirements
Hawaiʻi Residency Requirements
Choice Act
UHM offers in-state resident tuition for all veterans and military connected students who are eligible under the “Choice Act” (learn more).
Who’s eligible:
- A Veteran who lives in the state where the Institution of Higher Learning (IHL) is located (regardless of his/her formal state of residence) and enrolls in the school within three years of discharge from a period of active duty service of 90 days or more.
- An individual using transferred benefits who lives in the state in where the IHL is located (regardless of his/her formal state of residence) and enrolls in the school within three years of the transferor’s discharge from a period of active duty service of 90 days or more.
- An individual using benefits under the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship who lives in the state in where the IHL is located (regardless of his/her formal state of residence) and enrolls in the school within three years of the Service member’s death in the line of duty following a period of active duty service of 90 days or more.
A person described above will retain in-state resident tuition as long as the individual is continuously enrolled at the Institution of Higher Learning.
The University also offers In-state resident tuition to active duty personnel who are currently stationed in Hawaii and for their authorized dependents during the period that the personnel are stationed in Hawaii.
Reserve Members who are currently stationed in Hawaii are also eligible to receive in-state tuition rates.
More Information
For more information contact the University of Hawaii at Manoa Residency Officer at
(808) 956-8975
OR
Visit the UH Manoa Office of Admissions: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/admissions/
