<p>Is there a possibility for the 40k+ price tag for a UMich ug education to go down in sophomore/junior/senior year for an out of state student? Can you attain Michigan residency status if you spend a year as freshman at UMich? or are you doomed to pay the out of state tuition for all four years?</p>
<p>Doomed. With the lack of state funding it will get worse before it gets better.</p>
<p>No, you cannot claim to be a resident after a year. U-M residency is a pretty strict thing, and you cannot claim you're a resident (according to their policy) if your only reason for living in the state of Michigan is attending college.</p>
<p>It is unusual for any college to offer some kind of discounting that moves tuition down instead of up. A handful of colleges have done this, but I don't foresee U-Michigan going that way. State funding isn't the major driver, however, because it is the intent of the state legislature that appropriations go to subsidize the tuition costs of resident students.</p>
<p>Cost of attending Michigan is obviously not cheap, but compared to most of its peers, it is actually not that expensive. In fact, among top 25 universites, only 2 are cheaper (Rice and UVa). Among top 50 universities, Michigan is in the bottom 25% in terms of cost of attendance. </p>
<p>Tuition and Room & Board combined at top 50 universities:</p>
<p>Georgetown University: $47,618
Boston College: $47,394
University of Chicago: $47,007
Johns Hopkins University: $46,992
Tufts University: $46,860
Washington University-St Louis: $46,776
University of Southern California: $46,668
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: $46,292
University of Pennsylvania: $46,124
Northwestern University: $46,005
Cornell University: $45,971
Brown University: $45,948
University of Rochester: $45,790
Harvard University: $45,620
Brandeis University: $45,610
Stanford University: $45,608
Dartmouth College: $45,483
Massachusetts Institute of Technology: $45,386
Carnegie Mellon University: $45,334
Duke University: $45,296
New York University: $45,200
Yale University: $45,000
Lehigh University: $44,950
Columbia University: $44,814
Emory University: $44,556
University of Notre Dame: $44,477
Vanderbilt University: $44,330
Princeton University: $43,980
Wake Forest University: $43,830
Tulane University: $43,376
Syracuse University: $42,626
Case Western Reserve University: $42,898
University of California-Berkeley: $41,300
California Institute of Technology: $40,560
University of California-Davis: $38,710
University of California-Los Angeles: $38,522
University of Michigan: 38,384
University of California-Irvine: $37,442
University of California-San Diego: $36,761
Rice University: $36,356
University of Virginia: $35,185
College of William & Mary: $34,110
University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign: $32,092
Pennsylvania State University: $29,562
University of Texas-Austin: $28,540
University of Washington: $28,199
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill: $27,147
Georgia Institute of Technology: $26,630
University of Florida: $24,381</p>
<p>how is it possible to obtain a residency status?</p>
<p>Something along the lines of having both parents claiming domicile in the state of Michigan at least 2-3 years before you enroll (or just one parent if there was a divorce and they were granted sole custody).</p>
<p>thanks for the helpful info</p>
<p>Be aware that tuition (for LS&A) goes UP over 2k/yr for Jr & Sr year. And, those wonderful AP credits that you worked so hard to get, will make you one fast! My D is in her second semester of Fr year and is being charged upperclass tuition even though she didn't get the benefit of registering as a Jr.</p>
<p>re: tuition increasing in later years - At my daughter's college there was an option of paying for all or multiple years in advance and in return having tuition remain fixed. That's not an option for many I realize, but does Michigan offer that choice?</p>
<p>Residency status at Michigan is almost impossible. My family lived in Michigan for 12 years, then my dad's company sent him to Korea for a temporary 2 year assignment (and we moved with him). My parents pay state income and property taxes and have vehicles and a permanent residence in the state. However I recieved notification from Michigan almost immediately after acceptance saying that I am considered an out of state student.</p>
<p>Toffee, you should contact the university and appeal. They probably did not properly evaluate your case.</p>
<p>Toffee: I agree. Appeal that decision.</p>
<p>Engineering tuition also rises for juniors and seniors. And yes, those AP credits can turn out to be quite expensive!!!</p>
<p>nono, they probably meant that they listed you as a non-resident but just wants you to file a residency form. So if you checked any of those boxes on your application when they were asking for state residency.. they "deemed" you as an OOS, but you can always file a residency form. If you want, you can appeal that decision too I guess.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.umich.edu/%7Eregoff/resreg.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.umich.edu/~regoff/resreg.html</a></p>
<p>*your spouse, partner, or parent is in Michigan as a nonresident student, medical resident, fellow, or for military assignment or other temporary employment.</p>
<p>(on same site)</p>
<p>your spouse, partner, or parent is in Michigan as a nonresident student, medical resident, fellow, or for military assignment or other temporary employment.</p>
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3. Michigan Residents and Absences From the State
You may be able to retain your eligibility for resident classification under the conditions listed below... However, if you have been absent from the state, you must file an Application for Resident Classification by the appropriate filing deadline to request resident classification and demonstrate your eligibility...</p>
<p>b. Absence Due to Temporary Foreign Assignment</p>
<p>If you are a dependent student domiciled in Michigan with your parents immediately preceding an absence for a temporary foreign assignment with a parent’s Michigan employer, you may retain your eligibility for resident classification provided (1) your family members hold temporary visas in the foreign country, and (2) you return directly to Michigan and remain in the state for educational purposes after leaving the foreign country.
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<p>You need to file an Application for Resident Classification.</p>
<p>entomom, if your daughter is paying upper-level tuition, she definitely was able to register as junior status (at least for second semester).</p>
<p>For this semester, I had something like 70-80 credits and registered two days before the rest of my roommates...so if your daughter had those credits, she registered early.</p>
<p>Is there any prospect of international students attaining residency status? Or residency isn't even a question until student is a citizen</p>
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Is there any prospect of international students attaining residency status? Or residency isn't even a question until student is a citizen
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<p>You need to be a citizen or permanent resident.</p>