Residency

Certain military-affiliated students may be eligible for in-state tuition rates through Armed Forces Residency Benefits.

This is in compliance with State of Kansas law and the federal Veterans Access, Choice and Accountability Act of 2014 (.pdf).

Students of divorced parents might qualify for in-state residency by meeting the requirements in K.S.A. 76-730. Generally, if a student is a dependent of divorced parents, and one parent resides in the state of Kansas, they may be classified as in-state. To demonstrate this, students must provide the following documentation from their parent who is a Kansas resident:

• Copy of a Kansas driver's license
• First page of the Kansas tax return which classifies the person as a resident of the state

Any employee of an institution governed by the state board of regents, classified and unclassified, on a regular payroll appointment for .4 time or more, shall be accorded the resident fee privilege in accordance with KSA 76-730.

The employee will apply using the Staff Rates form (.pdf) each semester enrolled by the 30th calendar day of the semester for which they are applying

Students that have previously attended or are currently attending Haskell Indian Nations University (HINU) qualify for resident status at the University of Kansas in compliance with Kansas State Law (K.S.A. 76-731)

The initial residency classification is determined at the point of application for new incoming students to KU. Please be sure to list your attendance at Haskell on your application for admission. Much of the process for determining eligibility for this statute is done through reviewing information provided on your admission application and with your admission file.  

If you are admitted to KU and your residency status is listed as out of state please review the scenarios below to determine what you need to provide to KU to qualify for this status. 

If it is your first term enrolling at Haskell you need to obtain an enrollment verification from the HINU Office of the Registrar. An admission letter does not meet the eligibility requirements. Once the verification is supplied it can be emailed to registrar@ku.edu dropped off or mailed to the Office of the University Registrar, 1502 Iowa St., Lawrence, KS 66045. Enrollment verifications from Haskell must be submitted to KU no later than 30 calendar days into the semester for which the change is being requested. 

If you previously attended Haskell, submit an official transcript or an enrollment verification form from Haskell to the Office of the University Registrar at KU. Then email registrar@ku.edu and request a review of your residency status due to your enrollment at Haskell . Please state when the official transcript or enrollment verification was submitted to KU and the office at KU to which it was submitted. 

Official transcript or enrollment verifications must be submitted from Haskell to KU no later than 30 calendar days into the semester for which the change is being requested. 

The Kansas Legislature enacted a provision to allow certain students enrolling at a public institution of higher education in Kansas to have residency status for the purpose of tuition & fees. This current provision is in place from July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025. 

Students who are enrolled as a member of the following Nations are eligible for residency status for tuition payment at Kansas public institutions of higher education, regardless of the location of their residence:

• The Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas
• The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation
• The Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska
• The Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska, or

The following federally recognized Indigenous Nations with historical connections to Kansas territories with one or more of the following references within the Tribe's name:

• Apache
• Arapaho
• Caddo
• Cheyenne
• Cherokee
• Chickasaw
• Chippewa and Ojibwe (including Bay Mills)
• Choctaw
• Comanche
• Delaware
• Iowa (Ioway and Baxoje)
• Kaw (Kanza)
• Kickapoo
• Kiowa
• Miami
• Missouria (including Otoe-Missouria)
• Modoc
• Muscogee (Creek, including Yuchi, Euchee or Uchee)
• Nez Perce
• Omaha
• Oneida
• Osage
• Otoe
• Ottawa (Odawa)
• Potawatomi (Pottawatomi)
• Pawnee
• Peoria
• Ponca
• Pueblo
• Quapaw
• Sac and Fox (including Meskwaki)
• Seminole
• Seneca-Cayuga
• Shawnee
• Stockbridge-Munsee (Mohican)
• Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Waco and Tawakonie)
• Wyandotte

Students who believe they are eligible should submit the Indigenous Peoples Residency form.

The resident fee privilege shall be granted to any person beginning classes within six months of high school graduation from a Kansas high school accredited by the state board of education who meets the requirements outline by KSA 76-729. Basic eligibility requires that the student was a Kansas resident for fee purposes at the time of graduation from high school or within 12 months prior to graduation from high school. Students meeting this requirement are often eligible for direct residency through the 60-month rule and should contact the Office of the University Registrar by emailing rtfregistrar@ku.edu prior to filling out the Kansas High School Graduates Application (.pdf).

The KU Edwards Campus MetroKC Rate offers tuition equivalent to in-state rates for Missouri residents who meet the qualifications. No credit hour limit applies. If a student is eligible to receive this special rate, the tuition adjustment will be processed by the Office of the University Registrar within three weeks of their enrollment.

The resident fee privilege shall be granted to any person who meets the requirements outlined by KSA 76-730. Basic requirements include that upon enrollment the student has been a domiciliary resident of the state of Kansas for fewer than 12 months and whose current domiciliary residence was established to accept or retain full-time employment in the state of Kansas. The resident fee privilege shall also be granted to the spouse and dependent children of that person. The resident fee privilege extended by this regulation shall continue for a maximum of 12 months at which time the student can apply for Residency.

Students who believe they are eligible should fill out the Transferred or Recruited Waiver Application (.pdf).

Dependent spouse and children are eligible for resident fee privileges provided they meet the requirements in KSA 76-730, generally outlined below. The dependent spouse and child will apply using the Staff Dependent Rates form (.pdf) each semester enrolled.

The dependent spouse and children of any employee of an institution governed by the state board of regents, whether the employee’s position is classified or unclassified, shall be accorded the resident fee privilege, provided that the employee holds a regular payroll for 1.0 time.

The dependent spouse and children of any employee of an institution governed by the state board of regents, whether the employee’s position is classified or unclassified, shall be accorded the resident fee privilege, provided that the employee holds a regular payroll appointment for at least .4 time but less than 1.0 time and is enrolled in a graduate program on the effective date of this regulation, until one of the following criteria is met:

1. the expiration of the time allowed in the relevant university catalog for the employee to complete the aforesaid graduate program;
2. a break in enrollment by the employee;
3. the employee’s being awarded the graduate degree from the aforesaid graduate program; or
4. the end of the employee’s employment.
5. The provisions of this regulation shall not apply to seasonal, temporary or hourly employees.

The dependent spouse and children of any employee of an affiliated corporation are not eligible for the staff rates waiver.

Some students that are considered undocumented/DACA or have a legal, non-permanent immigration status may receive in-state tuition in accordance with KAR 76-731a. if they:

1. have attended an accredited Kansas high school for three or more years and
2. have either graduated from an accredited Kansas high school or have earned a GED issued in Kansas and
   • a.) in the case of a person without lawful immigration status; have 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, non-permanent immigration status, have filed with the post-secondary educational 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.

Ineligible student:

1. has a valid student visa; or
2. at the time of enrollment, is eligible to enroll in a public post-secondary educational institution located in another state upon payment of fees and tuition required of residents of such state.

Students who believe they are eligible should fill out the Application for Resident Fee Privilege for Certain Undocumented Immigrants and Others Form (.pdf) within 30 days of the first day of classes for the semester they are applying and each applicable semester thereafter.

Any employee of an institution governed by the state board of regents, classified and unclassified, on a regular payroll appointment for .4 time or more, shall be accorded the resident fee privilege in accordance with KSA 76-730. Application of staff rate waivers for eligible full-time staff, GTA, GRA, and GA students is an automated process and does not submission of a form.

The Office of the University Registrar and Human Resources Management (HRM) collaborate throughout the semester to apply waivers systematically. Please monitor your account and if you do not see the waiver applied, please contact your department first to verify your employment paperwork has been processed by HRM.