Foreign Student Tuition

This page provides tuition information and links for foreign students.

Law 

See the link below for Texas law relating to foreign student tuition.

• Texas Education Code: §25.0031, Tuition for Students Holding Certain Student Visas

Tuition for Students Holding Certain Student Visas

School districts and open-enrollment charter schools must charge tuition to certain foreign students under the Texas Education Code, Section 25.0031, which was enacted by the 83rd Legislature in 2013. The tuition a district or charter school charges must not exceed the tuition amount established by the commissioner of education. The files below show the commissioner-established tuition amount for each district and charter school.  

• 2024-2025 Tuition Limits for Students on  F1 Visas (EXCEL, 135 KB) (PDF, 998 KB)
• 2023-2024 Tuition Limits for Students on F1 Visas (EXCEL, 128 KB) (PDF, 524 KB)
• 2022-2023 Tuition Limits for Students on F1 Visas (EXCEL, 141 KB) (PDF, 555KB)
• 2021-2022 Tuition Limits for Students on F1 Visas (EXCEL, 139 KB) (PDF, 533 KB)
• 2020-2021 Tuition Limits for Students on F1 Visas (EXCEL, 144 KB) (PDF, 1 MB)
• 2019-2020 Tuition Limits for Students on F1 Visas (EXCEL, 212 KB) (PDF, 721 KB)
• 2018–2019 Tuition Limits for Students on F1 Visas (EXCEL, 220 KB) (PDF, 670 KB)
• 2017–2018 Tuition Limits for Students on F1 Visas (EXCEL, 221 KB) (PDF, 668 KB) 
• 2016–2017 Tuition Limits for Students on F1 Visas (EXCEL, 224 KB) (PDF, 683 KB)

For additional information, contact:

Division of State Funding
(512) 463-9238

sfinance@tea.texas.gov