The USG Board of Regents Policy Manual defines these terms with regard to tuition classification:
- Adoption
- Asylee
- Continuous enrollment
- Dependent student
- Domicile
- Durational Requirement
- Eligible non-citizens
- Emancipated
- Full-time employment
- Independent student
- In-state student
- In-state tuition classification
- Lawful permanent resident
- Legal guardian
- Military personnel
- Non-citizen
- Non-immigrant
- Official Code of Georgia Annotated (O.C.G.A.) 20-3-66
- Out-of-state student
- Out-of-state tuition classification
- Out-of-state tuition waiver
- Post-secondary educational institution
- Reciprocal exchange program
- Refugee
- Residency
- Spouses and dependent children
- Title IV regulations
- Traditional academic semester
- U.S. citizen