{"id":242,"date":"2023-04-24T17:36:36","date_gmt":"2023-04-24T17:36:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nau.edu\/admissions\/?page_id=242"},"modified":"2025-05-19T18:56:43","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T18:56:43","slug":"western-undergraduate-exchange","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/admissions\/western-undergraduate-exchange\/","title":{"rendered":"Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"nau-block nau-block-left-nav-top-bound\">\n    \t<button id=\"left-nav-toggle-btn\" onclick=\"toggleNav();\">\n\t\tON THIS PAGE \n\t\t<i id=\"chevron-icon\" class=\"fas fa-solid fa-chevron-down\"><\/i>\n\t<\/button>\n\t<div id=\"left-nav-menu-track\">\n\t\t<div id=\"left-nav-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"rfi-above-anchor-tags\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ri-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nau.edu\/admissions\/request-information\/\" id=\"request-info\" class=\"btn bg-true-blue left-nav-menu-bottom-button display-mobile\">Request info&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"left-nav-menu\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"menu-section menu-section-links\"><h6 class=\"hidden-mobile left-nav-list-header\">ON THIS PAGE<\/h6><ul class=\"left-nav-menu-list left-nav-automatic on-this-page\"><\/ul><div class=\"ri-container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nau.edu\/admissions\/request-information\/\" id=\"request-info\" class=\"btn bg-true-blue left-nav-menu-bottom-button display-mobile\">Request info&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/a><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"menu-section backcolor\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHOW CAN WE HELP?\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"responsive-icons\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"link-button\" onclick=\"embedLouieChatbot();\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img style=\"width: 20px;\" src=\"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/wp-content\/themes\/nau-marketing-2021\/img\/icon-chat.svg\" alt=\"Live chat:\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tChat\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"tel:928-523-5511\"><img src=\"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/wp-content\/themes\/nau-marketing-2021\/img\/icon-phone.svg\" alt=\"Telephone:\"> 928-523-5511<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"mailto:admissions@nau.edu\"><img src=\"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/wp-content\/themes\/nau-marketing-2021\/img\/icon-email.svg\" alt=\"Email:\"><span class=\"left-nav-email\"> admissions&#8203;@nau.edu <\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<section class=\"nau-block left-nav-section\"><header class=\"entry-header\"><div class=\"breadcrumb\"><ol class=\"breadcrumbs\"><li class=\"current\">Pages<\/li><\/ol><\/div><h1 class=\"entry-title text-left \">Western Undergraduate Exchange at NAU<\/h1><hr class=\"h1-hr  text-left \" role=\"none\"><\/header><!-- .entry-header --><\/section><!-- <section class=\"nau-block left-nav-section grid-md-12\">\n    <header class=\"entry-header\">\n        <h1 class=\"entry-title text-left \" tabindex=\"0\" id=\"h1-first\">Dummy H1<\/h1>\n        <hr class=\"h1-hr  text-left \" role=\"none\">\n    <\/header>\n<\/section> -->\n\n<section class=\"nau-block left-nav-section grid-md-12\">\n        <div class=\"page-content\">\n        \n\n<h2>A quality education at a reduced tuition rate<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you live in the western US, you could attend Northern Arizona University for nearly 40% less than the out-of-state tuition rate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through the Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE) program, students from 14 western states as well as certain US territories can receive a reduced tuition rate attending NAU. <strong>All majors at the Flagstaff mountain campus are eligible for the reduced rate.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Why WUE at NAU?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>1. There is no additional application<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. All undergraduate majors at NAU are covered<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3. Students can receive additional scholarships to lower their tuition cost even more<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Save more at NAU<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>1. Eligible western residents automatically receive a 40% savings on out-of-state tuition<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. NAU also guarantees an <a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/office-scholarships-financial-aid\/scholarships\/freshman-tuition\/\">additional tuition scholarship<\/a> on top of WUE for freshman students<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3. Students then file their&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/studentaid.gov\/h\/apply-for-aid\/fafsa\" target=\"_blank\">FAFSA<\/a>*&nbsp;for even more financial aid savings<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2024\/12\/1219_WUE-affordability-graphic-web_FINAL-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6958\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2024\/12\/1219_WUE-affordability-graphic-web_FINAL-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2024\/12\/1219_WUE-affordability-graphic-web_FINAL-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2024\/12\/1219_WUE-affordability-graphic-web_FINAL-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2024\/12\/1219_WUE-affordability-graphic-web_FINAL-1536x864.png 1536w, 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class=\"text-wrapper\">\n                                                                                                <h3 class=\"h3-tab-index\">US States<\/h3>\n                                                \n                                                                                                    <div class=\"text\">\n                                                        <ul>\n<li>Alaska<\/li>\n<li>California<\/li>\n<li>Colorado<\/li>\n<li>Hawaii<\/li>\n<li>Idaho<\/li>\n<li>Montana<\/li>\n<li>Nevada<\/li>\n<li>New Mexico<\/li>\n<li>North Dakota<\/li>\n<li>Oregon<\/li>\n<li>South Dakota<\/li>\n<li>Utah<\/li>\n<li>Washington<\/li>\n<li>Wyoming<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                                                \n                                                                                            <\/div>\n                                        <\/div>\n\n                                    \n                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