There is no refund for withdrawing from or dropping dissertation hours, however, disenrollment results in a full refund for all hours taken. The National and International Exchange Programs give students an opportunity to study at other universities while receiving tuition assistance, thus encouraging cultural diversity. UNM students attending another university through an exchange program are charged tuition and fees at UNM, despite no enrollment. Incoming exchange students are not charged tuition at UNM, although they are registered for classes. If a member state does not have a specific graduate, professional, or undergraduate program, or has limited availability of a program, a student from that state may enroll in that program in another member state and be eligible for tuition assistance.
Participation is limited and selective.
The remaining portion of tuition is billed to the sending state. Undergraduate students in the WUE program pay tuition at a discounted rate of the university where they are enrolled. The remaining portion of tuition is charged to a budgeted expense account. Each year, the New Mexico legislature appropriates support for the reduced tuition rates for a specified number of outgoing New Mexico students, billed to New Mexico by other member states. In addition, an allocation for administrative expense is appropriated each year.