Residents of bordering New Mexico counties are eligible to pay in-state tuition rates through a tuition reciprocity agreement between Texas State University System components and New Mexico institutions of higher education. 

Counties in New Mexico that border the state of Texas are:

• Dona Ana
• Otero
• Eddy
• Lea
• Roosevelt
• Curry
• Quay
• Union

Proof of a permanent address in a bordering county must be presented to the Registrar prior to the census date for the term in which the waiver is sought.

NOTE: No such reciprocity agreements exists with Oklahoma, Arkansas, or Lousiana.