In-State Requirements for Veterans and Dependents

Effective July 1, 2015, the following students shall also qualify as North Carolina residents for in-state tuition purposes:

A veteran who lives in North Carolina (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.
A spouse or child using transferred benefits who lives in North Carolina (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.

A spouse or child using benefits under the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship who lives in North Carolina (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.