I’m planning on moving to a new state for college, will having an in-state address be enough to qualify my for in-state tuition or am I supposed to have lived in the state for a certain number of years?
You have to live in the state where you will be attending college for a minimum of 6 months, before attending college. Each state has different requirements, where I live it’s 12 months. An address is usually not good enough, a lot of schools want proof that you’ve been in that state for as long as you’re saying you have been.
Look on the website for the college that you want to attend, the requirements will be listed somewhere in "Future Students" or "Prospective Students", or you can just call the school and find out.
Out-of-state tuition is usually double or more what in-state tuition is. Some schools also give "Good Neighbor" discounts for students that live in a neighboring state. It’s not always much, but it’s something.
#1 by lildude211us on September 2nd, 2009
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I’m pretty sure that you are required to live in that state for a certain number of years.
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#2 by Gabriela I on September 2nd, 2009
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arent in state rates ridiculously more than for out of towners?
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at my crappy community college it is worse off to be a townie than to be moving here for school and staying on campus
#3 by chuckles951 on September 2nd, 2009
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You usuallyhave had gone to high school in that state for 1 to 3 years and graduated high school in that state.
If it were easy to get around the rules for in state tuition do you think they would even bother having "in state" and "out of state" rates?
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#4 by OregonChickFan on September 2nd, 2009
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You have to live in the state where you will be attending college for a minimum of 6 months, before attending college. Each state has different requirements, where I live it’s 12 months. An address is usually not good enough, a lot of schools want proof that you’ve been in that state for as long as you’re saying you have been.
Look on the website for the college that you want to attend, the requirements will be listed somewhere in "Future Students" or "Prospective Students", or you can just call the school and find out.
Out-of-state tuition is usually double or more what in-state tuition is. Some schools also give "Good Neighbor" discounts for students that live in a neighboring state. It’s not always much, but it’s something.
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Attended college in 2 different states