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 home 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.