<p>Would living on campus make you a resident at the state where the college is in, even if you’re out-of-state? Like for example, a kid is from Hawaii and wants to go to University of Southern California for freshmen year. Now as a junior he wants to transfer to UCLA. Since in-state tuition at public schools are cheaper than out-of-state, is this kid a resident of California since he lived in USC on campus for his first two years? Or is your residency based on what state your parents always live in, even if they’re not in the same state?</p>
<p>By NO means are you a resident. It is based on where your permanent address is (i.e. where your parents live). Some schools require both parents live/work in the state you go to school (and for a certain amount of time) to be considered a resident. Some require one to live there. The time period varies from six months to many years.</p>
<p>It really varies by state. In Ohio, you are elligible for state residency after one year, even if you’re going there for school. In Virginia, if you move to the state to go to school, you can never attain residency while in school. There is massive variation.</p>
<p>K, thanks for clearing it up guys!</p>
<p>Also, how about for graduate schools? Lets use my same example, except he graduated from USC and now he wants to go to UC San Francisco for graduate school. Would he be considered an in-state?</p>
<p>And also, if this kid lived off-campus in an appartment, after a year he would be a resident right?</p>
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This is not true. There may be a couple extra hoops but I personally know someone who moved to Virginia to go to school and after a year was a resident.</p>
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<p>It depends on a lot of things. Some places you have to work and pay taxes in the state, you’d have to check with each school to see their requirement.</p>
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<p>Not for the purposes of in-state tution he wasn’t. Trust me on this one. I know people who moved here to start grad school, got married (to a VA resident), had a job, and still couldn’t get in-state tuition. They’re pretty big sticklers for that one - whenever you start school here, whatever your residency status is at that time is what it will be forever for school purposes.</p>
<p>Again, this is only for tuition and such - there are many other ways in which you are technically a resident of whatever state you are going to school in. You can get an ID or drivers license in that state, buy a gun in that state, register to vote there, etc etc.</p>
<p>A lot of states are real sticklers for people like you and me who are OOS trying to get in-state tuition. They see things right through.</p>
<p>Also the fact that you’re still dependent on your parents and you’re using your parents’ permanent address will not help you out for a while.</p>
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I see you’re in Michigan right now, if i go to a michigan public school out of state, but have relatives that live there (my whole family besides parents) can i establish residency w/ them and get in state tuition after a year or 2?</p>
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<p>Absolutely not. Like other state schools, Michigan is extremely harsh on residency classification. You have no chance.</p>
<p>wait so if i went to osu. id pay out of state first year then in state the rest?</p>
<p>Alot of schools require a few things to be proven before you can appeal the OOS tuition.</p>
<p>The student usually needs to have a job (where they pay income tax to that state) and that job has to cover more than half of their living expenses (making them nobodies dependent->this would also mean no more claiming of the student on the parents taxes!)</p>
<p>The student’s legal residence and ID must be of that state, as should any other ownership (cars for example)
The student (sometimes) needs to prove that they are NOT only in that state for school… this means living there before school - staying during off semesters - and contributing to the community. This is one from the stickler schools!</p>
<p>I am going to try for all that with the University of Georgia, but I am probably ahead of some when it comes to it because I lived there for a bit before ever planning to attend the school, and the place I lived showed up as a legal residence on my credit report (which provides proof) plus I am planning to stay there for a long time anyways, so I will be getting a permanent job and residence and switching everything over whether they change my tuition or not - so I’m not spending all that money and effort just in hopes of in-state approval. It would stink to do all that just for approval then get denied.</p>
<p>California is really strict about residency requirements, but if you google you’ll find they explain it very well.</p>
<p>The only reason in state residents get to pay lower tuition is because they pay state tax, therefore if you have never paid tax in that state why would you get to pay lower tuition?</p>
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<p>Actually, it’s usually because the primary mission of the most public universities is to educate the residents of that state. Most states would prefer a more educated population, as that usually leads to higher average incomes, a more attractive environment for business recruiting, etc.</p>
<p>This is a timely issue, and as others have noted, the requirements vary state-by-state. As public university tuitions keep rising, exploring the requirements for in-state tuition makes more sense. In many states it’s probably futile, but in some with liberal rules establishing residency could mean thousands in totally legal savings.</p>
<p>Anyone know the rules for South Carolina?</p>
<p>“The primary mission of the most public universities is to educate the residents of that state” is because the residents have paid through state taxes. It is no different than you couldn’t go to another town’s public school (how many people would want to go to Palo Alto High or Milburn High). Any good public state universities would have very strict in-state requirements. I am sure it is different for each state, but clearly living in dorms does not establish your residency.</p>
<p>I thought that you just had to live somewhere for one year and hold a job and stuff
and then you have to have a permanent address there too
then you can become a citizen</p>
<p>Icarus–you may be wrong about Ohio. From what I’ve read, the rules are as strict as anywhere else. If you are being supported by your parents (tuition, R&B) you are not really a resident of the state just b/c you happen to go to school there.</p>
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<p>Definitely not…</p>
<p>All of what was said above is true when it comes to residency for tuition purposes. It is not, however, correct when it comes to voting rights. (Which might be of interest at this point in time).</p>