Getting residency status after 1st year- schools where this is possible?

[astarblaze]

Are there any states/schools where it's relatively easy to get in-state tuition/residency after the first year?

Anyone have any experience with this at your school or know classmates who start out classified as out-of-state but have been able to get residency status after the first year, without buying a house or having a significant other working in the state?

Or, alternately, schools that offer tuition waivers to out-of-state students to reduce tuition to in-state prices?

Thanks folks!

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[TheKoukiMonster]

Well I can speak for myself, I recently graduated from Azusa Pacific University and we have a great reputation amongst the So-Cal Kaiser Permanente Orthopedic Residency program. Of the 30 or so spots for the residency, 13 of them include myself and 12 of my classmates. Apparently 2 of the other spots include previous Azusa Pacific DPT students.
There are lots of residencies out there you just need to know what you're looking to get out of it.

 

[okramango]

I'm pretty sure the OP meant getting state residency during the DPT program itself, to qualify for in-state tuition. At TWU, most out-of-state students have gotten scholarships for in-state tuition for all three years, and some students have been able to get Texas residency if they are married to someone who works full-time after a year. When I applied to NAU several years ago, students told me they all were able to get Arizona residency after a year, and NAU offered a limited number of tuition waivers for the first year. I'm not sure if that's still possible in Arizona these days, though.

 

[tweaze]

It is still possible to get the instate tuition at NAU after a year, but the timing and criteria can be tricky. The amount of financial support varies between the two campuses, but there are some tuition waivers and the like available.

 

[astarblaze]

Thanks tweaze and okramango! I had heard about NAU, but not about TWU. Was hoping to apply to TWU from out-of-state, anyways- this makes TWU even more appealing.

I spoke with a current and a former University of Utah student, and both indicated that getting in-state tuition after the first year of the program there is also very easy to do.

Do folks know of any other programs where this sort of thing is do-able?

 

[josierita]

University of Colorado - Denver you can also get in-state tuition after a year which has been great.

 

[astarblaze]

University of Colorado - Denver you can also get in-state tuition after a year which has been great.

It sounds like you were able to get in-state tuition after the first year? Did you need to do anything beyond 1 year of rent records/CO driver's license/voting in-state?

 

[josierita]

Yup! That's exactly what I did. School started at the end of May for me so I only had a week or so to go to the DMV and get my license and registration so I could have in-state by the time the following summer started.

 

[Ginglymus]

Add Eastern Washington University to the list.