Students are charged for medical insurance unless they can prove current coverage. Coverage must be with major medical insurance at levels required by OHSU. Students must complete a waiver from the Student Health Services Office each academic year to have this charge waived from their final bill. View the OHSU online fee book for more information or call the Office of Financial Aid at 503-494-7800.

For information on the Oregon Residency policy please refer to the OHSU Policy Manual, Policy 02-10-010.

Applicants who live in one of the following counties may be eligible for in-state tuition. Read the residency policy for specific requirements. Eligibility for in-state tuition is subject to the same criteria used for determining Oregon residency.  Eligible students must notify the Registrar's Office by the first day of the academic term.  Tuition for terms before the date the student notifies the Registrar's Office will be at the non-resident rate.

Residents living in the following counties may qualify for in-state tuition:

• California State Counties: Del Norte, Siskiyou, and Modoc
• Idaho State Counties: Nez Perce, Idaho, Adams, Washington, Payette, Canyon, and Owyhee
• Nevada State Counties: Washoe and Humboldt
• Washington State Counties: Pacific, Wahkiakum, Cowlitz, Clark, Skamania, Klickitat, Benton, Walla Walla, Columbia, Garfield, and Asotin

Fill out the border county resident form

Non-resident undergraduate nursing students on the La Grande campus will also pay resident tuition rates if they are residents of Idaho or Washington and have completed at least one term at Eastern Oregon University (EOU) while paying the EOU resident tuition rate, prior to entering the OHSU undergraduate nursing program.

Please note that the nonresident portion of tuition is waived for post-masters and post-Baccalaureate Ph.D., post-master D.N.P., and post-Baccalaureate D.N.P. students from states participating in the Western Regional Graduate Program of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education. Those states include: 

• Alaska
• Arizona
• California
• Colorado
• the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
• Hawaii
• Idaho
• Montana
• Nevada
• New Mexico
• North Dakota
• South Dakota
• Utah
• Washington
• Wyoming

Eligible students must notify the Registrar's Office by the first day of the academic term. Tuition for terms before the date the student tells the Registrar's Office will be charged at the nonresident rate. For more information on this opportunity, please see the WRGP website or contact the Office of Admissions.