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Tuition Reciprocity Programs

The Minnesota Office of Higher Education (OHE) administers the reciprocity agreements that provide reduced tuition for nonresident students.

Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin have tuition reciprocity agreements for all public postsecondary institutions. The North Dakota and Wisconsin agreements require interstate payments based, in part, on relative enrollments.

Wisconsin paid Minnesota $11.3 million in fiscal year 2009 under the reciprocity program, and Minnesota paid $3.1 million to North Dakota for tuition reciprocity.

Headcount Reciprocity Enrollment, Fall 2008

Bar graph showing reciprocity enrollment numbers

Originally published January 2011.