Kansas Residency Statement and Requirements

• All applicants indicate your residency status on the application.
• For the purpose of being assessed college tuition, Kansas residents are persons, who, if adults, have resided, or if minors (under 18) whose parents have resided in Kansas for six months immediately preceding the first day of classes.
• In some cases, residency status is subject to interpretation by the Residency Committee. Such persons as financially independent students whose parents reside in another state, Non-residents who marry residents, military personnel and their dependents stationed in Kansas, and students acquiring an abode, whether by purchase, renting or otherwise and intending to live in it permanently or indefinitely, should consult the Registrar's Office if in doubt about their residency status.
• It is the student’s responsibility to enroll under the proper residency classification. If there is any question concerning residency status, it is the student's responsibility to raise the question in the Enrollment Services before paying fees.

Certain undocumented immigrants and others may be eligible for resident tuition. This applies to any student who:

1. Has attended an accredited Kansas high school for three or more years and
2. either graduated from an accredited Kansas high school or has earned a GED issued in Kansas and
3. a. in the case of a person without lawful immigration status; has signed and filed an affidavit with the institution stating that the person or the person's parents have filed an application to legalize such person's immigration status, or will file such an application as soon as such person is eligible to do so
   or
   b. in the case of a person with a legal nonpermanent immigration status, has filed with the postsecondary education institution an affidavit stating that such person has filed an application to begin the process for U.S. citizenship or will file such application as soon as such person is eligible to do so.

Students who meet eligibility requirements, and would like to get in-state tuition rate, should request an affidavit from either the Admissions Office or the Office of Enrollment Services