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Senior citizens must apply to the college and be admitted as all other students. Under the Virginia Senior Citizens Higher Education Act of 1974, amended in 1976, 1977, 1982, and 1988, anyone who is 60 years of age or older, who is a legal domiciliary of Virginia, and whose Virginia taxable income does not exceed $15,000 is eligible to enroll in credit courses for academic credit at the college.
Senior citizens may register for and audit courses offered for academic credit, or for courses not offered for academic credit.
Senior citizens pay no tuition but are responsible for service fees, course materials and laboratory fees.
Senior citizens registering under the provisions of this act may register only after tuition-paying students are accommodated except when the senior citizen has completed 75 percent of their degree requirements at Virginia Western.