Has anyone had to relocate out of state, while their student continues to attend college in the state where they resided when freshman year tuition (in-state) was paid?
When does out-of-state tuition attach? If a scholarship is for “tuition” and doesn’t specify in-state, is in-state implied, and if so do they lose the scholarship or just end up on the hook for the difference?
Figured there must be parents here who have dealt with this. Thanks in advance!
My college has a policy that if you enrolled as an in-state student, you’ll remain one regardless of where your parents live afterwards.
So I imagine it depends on an individual college’s policy and you should ask.
Yes, I just went ahead and looked it up for my state like I should have done in the first place. Thank you!
(2) If the parent or parents of a dependent person are **** residents and are domiciled in **** but subsequently move from the state:
(a) The dependent person shall be considered a resident of **** while in continuous enrollment at the degree level in which currently enrolled; and
(b) The dependent person’s residency status shall be reassessed if continuous enrollment is broken or the current degree level is completed.
To others reading this thread…this is NOT the policy at all schools. So one needs to check each college. It can also,vary from public universities within the same state.
Some version of that is definitely the rule in almost every state/university policy I have ever read. And it generally includes the rule that if you graduated from high school in the state and go to university within a year or 15 months of that, you will be treated as a state resident, even if your parents left the state before you started university (or even before you finished high school).
This question comes up a lot on CC and, I suspect, in real life.
Not to split hairs, but are there many (or any) private colleges that charge out-of-state vs. in-state tuition? I thought that was strictly a public university thing, since the gap between in-state and out-of-state tuition is theoretically the part that’s been picked up by the taxpayers.
@thumper1 are there many states where there’s variance among public universities regarding their residency requirements? The language I pasted was from state law where I live.
Private colleges do not have in and out of state price differentials. The reason that that exists for public colleges/universities is that the schools are supported in part by taxes paid by state residents. The thinking is that out of state students would not be from families whose taxes help support the school so they compensate for that by paying a higher rate…
Florida residents who go to private schools in Florida get a state grant of 40% of the tuition charged at Florida state schools. Before you get too excited, it was $3000 last year. Helps, but usually is a drop in the bucket at most private school. Flagler is one where the tuition is only $16000, so the $3000 does actually help a lot. You can also use Bright Futures at any school in Florida, public or private, which is another $2300-3300 (varies by award level and credits taken), so most students are looking at $5500-6500 to go to a private school in Florida. You do lose the grant if parents move OOS.