Utah Code Title 53B. State System of Higher Education § 53B-8-104. Nonresident partial tuition scholarships

(a) promote mutually beneficial cooperation between Utah communities and nearby communities in states adjacent to Utah;

(b) contribute to the quality and desirable cultural diversity of educational programs in Utah institutions;

(c) assist in maintaining an adequate level of service and related cost-effectiveness of auxiliary operations in Utah institutions of higher education; and

(d) promote enrollment of nonresident students with high academic aptitudes.

(a) the amount of the approved scholarship may not be more than 1/2 of the differential tuition charged to nonresident students for an equal number of credit hours of instruction;

(b) a nonresident partial tuition scholarship may be awarded initially only to a nonresident undergraduate student who has not previously been enrolled in a college or university in Utah and who has enrolled full time for 10 or more credit hours, whose legal domicile is within approximately 100 highway miles of the Utah system of higher education institution at which the recipient wishes to enroll or such distance that the board may establish for any institution;

(c) the total number of nonresident partial tuition scholarships granted may not exceed a total of 600 such scholarships in effect at any one time; and

(d) the board shall determine eligibility for nonresident partial tuition scholarships on the basis of program availability at an institution and on a competitive basis, using quantifiable measurements such as grade point averages and results of test scores.