{"id":128,"date":"2024-04-26T13:43:04","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T13:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/financial-aid\/?page_id=128"},"modified":"2026-06-23T21:09:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T02:09:56","slug":"regional-scholars","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/financial-aid\/regional-scholars\/","title":{"rendered":"Regional Scholars\u00a0Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The MTSU Regional Scholars Program allows select non-Tennessee resident students seeking an undergraduate or graduate degree who live within approximately 250 miles OR<\/strong> in a contiguous state and meet specific academic requirements to attend MTSU at a greatly reduced rate. The recently approved expansion of the program, which began Fall 2019, also included new and returning students living anywhere within the eight states bordering Tennessee (Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina and Virginia).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Students<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In order to qualify the student must meet the following requirements:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Graduated from a high school located in a county within a 250 mile radius of MTSU or from one of the eight states bordering Tennessee (Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina and Virginia)\n