Kansas State University

RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS

Kansas Residency

The information below is taken from the following statute and regulations:
K.S.A. 76-729-30 and K.A.R. 88-2-1 through 88-3-13.

Initial residency classification is determined from information you provide when you apply for admission. If you are living or attending school outside Kansas, if you recently moved to Kansas, or if you graduate from high school outside the state of Kansas, you may be classified as a non-resident for tuition purposes. Admitted students receive notification if classified as non-residents. It is the student's responsibility to provide any additional information that may be required to make an accurate residency determination.

To be considered a Kansas resident for tuition purposes, you need to meet the following criteria for 12 months prior to the academic term for which you want to be classified as a resident :

• You cannot be a dependent of your parents if they live in another state. You will be considered a resident of the state in which your parents reside.
• You must reside in Kansas continuously for the 12 months prior to the academic term for which residency is being requested.
• You must establish ties with Kansas to demonstrate your intent to become a Kansas resident. These ties include but are not limited to the following: full-time employment in Kansas, filing Kansas resident taxes, registering to vote in Kansas, obtaining a Kansas driver's license, registering your vehicle in Kansas.
• Persons seeking to establish Kansas residency must demonstrate that education was not the primary purpose of coming to Kansas and may not take more than three credit hours per semester in the 12 months prior to the academic term for which residency is being requested.

Special Circumstances

There are special circumstances that may qualify you to pay resident tuition if (each of the following circumstances requires documentation of your specific situation):

• You are a dependent of divorced parents and one parent is a bona fide resident of Kansas.
• Your parents recently moved from Kansas but you will graduate from an accredited Kansas high school and enroll at K-State within six months of high school graduation.
• You were a bona fide Kansas resident who moved from Kansas but returned to live in Kansas within five years.
• You attended a Kansas high school for three or move years, graduated from an accredited Kansas high school or earned a GED issued in Kansas and are not eligible for resident tuition in any other state.
• You are living in Kansas on full-time active military duty, or are a spouse or dependent child of someone living in Kansas on full-time military duty.
• You are a member of the Kansas Army or Air National Guard, or are a spouse or dependent child of a member of the Kansas Army or Air National Guard living in Kansas.
• Your move to Kansas was the result of a job transfer or job recruitment.
• You are employed on a regular payroll appointment of at least a 0.4 time, or your spouse or parent is employed full-time on a regular payroll appointment by a Kansas Regents university.
• You may be eligible to pay the equivalent of Kansas resident tuition if you are employed on a regular payroll appointment of at least a 0.4 time, or if your spouse or parent(s) are employed full-time on a regular payroll appointment by a Kansas Regents university.