Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE)

The Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE) is a program coordinated by the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE). Residents of Western states, other than Arizona (Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming), and some South Pacific residents including those of Guam, The CNMI and Republic of the Marshall Islands, may enroll in the ASU WUE program at one and a half times in-state a discounted tuition rates (fall and spring terms only).

WUE programs are limited to select majors in the New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences along with some select programs within other colleges across Arizona State University.

Learn more about WUE at ASU

New College WUE Eligible Programs

General Eligibility Requirements

Students must be a permanent resident of Alaska, California, Colorado, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wyoming or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
Students must apply to one of the WUE-eligible majors or programs.
To maintain WUE eligibility, you must follow certain requirements including remaining enrolled in your WUE-eligible major and campus. See all the requirements for maintaining WUE eligibility.
Any currently enrolled ASU student who does not meet initial eligibility requirements as a first-year student or a transfer student, can be re-evaluated after completing 12 credit hours at ASU with a minimum 2.50 ASU cumulative GPA. Students can email WUE@asu.edu to be reviewed once final grades have been posted.

FIrst-Year student requirements

First-year students must have a high school GPA of 3.00 or higher in competency courses (this is known as the ABOR GPA), or have an SAT of 1180 or ACT of 24 (not including the writing portion of these exams) or higher.
First-year students are expected to live in an ASU residence hall during their first year. Please see asu.edu/housing for more information.
WUE first-year students may be eligible for an ASU nonresident merit-based WUE scholarship. ASU will notify qualified admitted first-year students in writing of this award.

Transfer student requirements

Transfer students must have an overall GPA of 2.50 or higher on a 4.00 scale in all transferable coursework.
Transfer students must have less than 120 transferable semester credits.
Community college transfer students must have a minimum of an associate degree or 60 transferable semester credits (90 quarter credits are needed for students transferring from a community college on the quarter system).
BAS degree programs are only open to students who have an AAS or equivalent degree
All final transcripts must be filed two weeks prior to the start of your first semester at ASU in order to be evaluated for WUE.
No individual review is conducted for transfer students.

Individual Review

Students who don’t meet the above standards will be considered for the WUE program through individual review. Through this process, Admission Services will review all available information about a student’s application, carefully considering all aspects of a student’s academic background and accomplishments. Submission of an ACT or SAT score is highly recommended. In some cases, additional information might be requested.

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