Initial Residency Classification upon Admissions

• There are different tuition rates for Utah residents and non-residents based on Utah State Law 53B-8-102 and Board of Regents R512 Policy.
• Your initial residency classification will be determined when your admissions application is reviewed based on:
  1. Residency Citizenship and Immigration Requirements
     • U.S. citizenship
     • Permanent residency ID card on file with your admissions paperwork
     • Granted asylum or refugee status on file with your admissions paperwork
     • Special Immigrant Visa on file with your admissions paperwork
     • Humanitarian Parole on file with your admissions paperwork
     • Temporary Protected Status on file with your admissions paperwork
     • Or good faith evidence of a submitted application for refugee status, humanitarian parole, temporary protected status, or asylum under United States immigration law on file with your admissions paperwork
  2. Student resided in Utah for a continuous full year or more at the time of admissions application
  3. A written declaration that the student has relinquished residency in any other state on the admissions application
  4. Objective evidence that the student has taken overt steps to establish permanent residency in Utah by means of a Utah driver license or identification card with an original date of issue or a renewal date a minimum of 90 days prior to application
  5. If student is under the age of 24 and not married, your parents or guardians have resided in Utah for a continuous full year or more at the time of admissions application
  6. Objective evidence that your parents or guardians taken overt steps to establish permanent residency in Utah by means of one or more of the following:
     1. Utah driver’s license
     2. Utah voter registration
     3. Utah vehicle registration
     4. Full Year Resident status on most recent year’s Utah income tax return TC-40

Your official Admissions Acceptance Letter will include your initial residency classification, as well as other potential notifications you will receive from the Office of Admissions.

*If you are classified as a nonresident but meet the requirements for a policy or exception for resident status, you may apply to change your status by means of a residency addendum here.

Incoming and Current Graduate Students

Per University of Utah policy, incoming graduate students, including those in Law programs, may apply under an undergraduate policy if they qualify prior to the start of their graduate studies.

Graduate students who begin their graduate program as a non-resident are only eligible to reclassify under the Graduate policy, which includes completing 40 graduate-level semester hours prior to reclassification.

• Medical students are held to the School of Medicine policies.
• Law students are ineligible to reclassify after beginning their program.
• Dental students admitted as non-residents are ineligible for reclassification at any time.
• The only exceptions to Graduate, Medical, Law, and Dental residency policy are for students proving eligibility through military/veteran exceptions or American Indian exceptions, or the House Bill 144 or House Bill 118 non-resident tuition waivers as described.

Residency Citizenship and Immigration Requirements

Any student seeking to reclassify as a resident for tuition purposes must hold:

• U.S. citizenship
• Granted permanent residency
• Granted asylum or refugee status
• Special Immigrant Visa
• Humanitarian Parole
• Temporary Protected Status
• Or good faith evidence of a submitted application for refugee status, humanitarian parole, temporary protected status, or asylum under United States immigration law
  • Status cannot be expired, or removed.
  • “Good Faith Evidence” requires verified documentation

Students on other types of visas not listed above are ineligible for residency reclassification but may qualify for a tuition waiver if they have attended 3 years, and completed graduation, in a Utah high school.

Students with granted permanent residency, granted asylum or granted refugee status must submit valid and unexpired documentation.

To apply for resident student status under House Bill 102, please visit our Residency Addendum page here.

For more information about Utah House Bill 102, click here: