International students pay tuition rates set for nonresidents.
Gaining residency status
International students may be eligible for Texas resident tuition, regardless of their length of residency, if they are teachers or professors employed at least part time on a regular monthly salary (not hourly employees) by any Texas public institution of higher education, with an effective date of employment on the official census date of the relevant term.
You must provide the International Student Office with a statement certifying employment from the director of personnel or payroll of the public institution of higher education of which you are employed. In order to maintain residenct status, you must statement must be resubmit this statement each time before registering for classes.
Texas resident tuition status applies to you, your spouse, and any dependent children.