Q&A: Does U.S. Citizens Pay InState College Tuition Fee?

By default international students in F1 Student visa have to pay Out of State tuition fees. F1 students are not eligible for instate tuition fees. There was a question related to getting instate college tuition fee in comments

Sunita Asks

My son is a US citizen but never lived in the US.Will he qualify for any reduction in fees or will he have to pay international and out of state fees?

Thankyou and look forward to hearing from you.

In this blog you can find few articles about instate and out of state tuition fees. Those articles contain the information you are looking for. But, in short I can say, till your son establishes Residency in a particular state, he has to pay out of state tuition. Usually, it will take 1 year to establish residency in a state. That is determined by date he will be enrolled in school or date when he got signs an apartment lease or gets drivers license. Every state has its own rule to establish residency and you have to check with school.

You can find more details about In state Tuition and Out of State Tuition fees and explanation of how a student will qualify for in state tuition fees. Almost every international student when looking at the tuition and fees page will not understand the difference between instate and out of state tuition fees. Also, how instate fee students will pay varies between college and the state where college is located.

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