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Some state schools will offer their students in-state tuition status after one year of dental school. That's a big deal. I tried to gather as much information on this subject and present it in this thread.
I started this thread in 2015 and have been updating it a little since then, but I wouldn't expect this information to remain reliable for more than a few application cycles. Please contribute if you have any experiences about residency, and I might update this post.
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Alabama
UAB does not offer residency after one year of school (source below)
California
UCSF offers residency after one year of school (source below)
UCLA offers residency after one year of school (link to post)
Colorado
University of Colorado: does not offer residency after one year of school (my own reading into the state policies). It's also more difficult here than in most states to gain residency prior to classes starting by living in the state 12 months (based on my own correspondence with the university). I've been told that this is all arises from fiscal challenges facing their university system (anecdotal). FYI, there are two levels to the non-resident tuition on the Colorado website... a rep told me that the lower "accountable" rate is the actual rate for OOS, while the higher non-resident rate is only included for convoluted accounting reasons
Connecticut
UCONN: offers out-of-state students residency after one year of school, supposedly guaranteed (source below)
Florida
UF does allow a possible change of residency after one year of school (source below) (admissions rep: "For many students, even if they do not qualify for in-state tuition the first year, our dental students are highly successful in changing residency after the first year, if they closely follow all suggestions on the UF website.")
Georgia
GRU does not offer residency after one year of school (source below)
Illinois
UIC: does not offer residency (according to this thread)
Southern Illinois: the incoming class of 2013 had 49 IS students and 1 OOS student (ADEA guide). I'm not sure whether they give OOS students IS tuition.
Indiana
Indiana University: does not offer residency (according to this thread)
Iowa
University of Iowa: does not offer residency (according to this thread)
Kentucky
University of Kentucky: does not offer residency unless you get married to a Kentucky residency (source below)
Louisville: does not offer residency after a year of school (emailed admissions)
Louisiana
LSU: they don't appear to accept OOS students unless they have some strong connection to New Orleans (my anecdotal memory).
Maryland
University of Maryland: according to this thread and this thread Maryland does offer residency, but you have to go out of your way to prove that you wanted to move to Maryland anyway aside from school. Apparently some get it, some don't. Switching all your license/registrations helps. Might be easier after two years of school. Buying a house or marrying into the state are sure fire, apparently. I emailed admissions and they were vague, but they directed me to a residency FAQ which clearly indicated that the residency determination upon matriculation could change with your changing life circumstances.
Michigan
University of Michigan: does not offer residency after one year of school (anecdotal) but offers an exception to students with a working spouse in the state (anecdotal)
Detroit-Mercy: it appears that their IS and OOS tuition is the same
Minnesota
University of Minnesota: does not offer residency after one year of school (anecdotal) and does not offer an exception to students with a working spouse in the state (source below)
Mississippi
University of Mississippi does not accept out of state applicants.
Missouri
UMKC seems to only accept very specific OOS students. They have informal agreements with the states of Arkansas, Hawaii, New Mexico, and Kansas to reserve some seats for residents of those states, with a bias for Kansas (for obvious reasons). Outside of those states, they only accepted 4 students for the class incoming for 2013 (according to the ADEA guide). According to their website and this post, they don't seem to offer residency to OOS students after a year of school--you must have established residency prior to Dec 1 acceptances. It is unclear if they offer in-state tuition to students from those favored OOS states (like how UT Memphis has a limited number of funded Arkansas seats), but the language on their website--that the state agreements are 'informal'--suggests to me that their is no funding... i.e., that only Missouri students get instate tuition.
Nebraska
University of Nebraska: does not offer residency (according to this thread)
Nevada
UNLV: offers out-of-state students residency after one year of school (Well-known. See below. It's noted in the 2014-2015 ADEA Guide, but not the 2015-2016 Guide, strangely)
New Jersey
UMDNJ: supposedly they offer in-state status after one year, perhaps even the first year (according to this thread)
New York
Buffalo: offers out-of-state students residency after one year of school (source below)
Stony Brook: probably the same as Buffalo
North Carolina
UNC: seems to offer residency after one year according to a thread I read the other day. I emailed admissions, and they said it was not automatic, but you could gain residency if "you establish that NC is going to be your home while in school and once you are out of school." They seem more generous than some (e.g. CO) in handing out residency with 12 months of living/working in-state prior to classes starting.
Ohio
OSU: offers residency after one year of school, with restrictions (source below)
Oklahoma
University of Oklahoma: does not offer a change of residency (according to this thread)
Oregon
OHSU: if you apply as OOS, you stay OOS all 4 years (post below)
Pennsylvania
Temple: is a state-related, independently controlled school. (In between public and private.) They do not offer residency benefits after a year of school (this post)
Puerto Rico
For the incoming class of 2013 they accepted 38 IS students and 2 OOS students. There's some note in ADEA guide about OOS tuition being variable... that it's determined based on your state residency, but I'm not sure what that means.
South Carolina
MUSC does not allow you to become in-state after one year of school (source below)
Tennessee
UTHSC: the director of admissions says he heard that getting in-state residency after a year might be possible but he wasn't exactly sure how--that one should probably inquire with the bursar and that the main route probably included marrying a TN resident. Anecdotally, I had not heard of any OOS students getting IS tuition.
Texas
All schools offer residency after one year of school, but it's cheap anyway and good luck getting in from out of state
Virginia
VCU: It seems to be pretty difficult to get in-state after a year of school (some threads and conversations I've had, and emails with admissions). Getting residency with 12 months prior to classes starting is possible, but not a freebie. You need something convincing that you didn't just do it for school. (email with admissions)
Washington
UW: maybe after two years, supposedly difficult to obtain (according to this thread)
West Virginia
WVU: does not offer residency (according to this thread)
Wisconsin
Marquette: according to their website, you seem to have to have established residency prior to enrolling
I started this thread in 2015 and have been updating it a little since then, but I wouldn't expect this information to remain reliable for more than a few application cycles. Please contribute if you have any experiences about residency, and I might update this post.
*****
Alabama
UAB does not offer residency after one year of school (source below)
California
UCSF offers residency after one year of school (source below)
UCLA offers residency after one year of school (link to post)
Colorado
University of Colorado: does not offer residency after one year of school (my own reading into the state policies). It's also more difficult here than in most states to gain residency prior to classes starting by living in the state 12 months (based on my own correspondence with the university). I've been told that this is all arises from fiscal challenges facing their university system (anecdotal). FYI, there are two levels to the non-resident tuition on the Colorado website... a rep told me that the lower "accountable" rate is the actual rate for OOS, while the higher non-resident rate is only included for convoluted accounting reasons
Connecticut
UCONN: offers out-of-state students residency after one year of school, supposedly guaranteed (source below)
Florida
UF does allow a possible change of residency after one year of school (source below) (admissions rep: "For many students, even if they do not qualify for in-state tuition the first year, our dental students are highly successful in changing residency after the first year, if they closely follow all suggestions on the UF website.")
Georgia
GRU does not offer residency after one year of school (source below)
Illinois
UIC: does not offer residency (according to this thread)
Southern Illinois: the incoming class of 2013 had 49 IS students and 1 OOS student (ADEA guide). I'm not sure whether they give OOS students IS tuition.
Indiana
Indiana University: does not offer residency (according to this thread)
Iowa
University of Iowa: does not offer residency (according to this thread)
Kentucky
University of Kentucky: does not offer residency unless you get married to a Kentucky residency (source below)
Louisville: does not offer residency after a year of school (emailed admissions)
Louisiana
LSU: they don't appear to accept OOS students unless they have some strong connection to New Orleans (my anecdotal memory).
Maryland
University of Maryland: according to this thread and this thread Maryland does offer residency, but you have to go out of your way to prove that you wanted to move to Maryland anyway aside from school. Apparently some get it, some don't. Switching all your license/registrations helps. Might be easier after two years of school. Buying a house or marrying into the state are sure fire, apparently. I emailed admissions and they were vague, but they directed me to a residency FAQ which clearly indicated that the residency determination upon matriculation could change with your changing life circumstances.
Michigan
University of Michigan: does not offer residency after one year of school (anecdotal) but offers an exception to students with a working spouse in the state (anecdotal)
Detroit-Mercy: it appears that their IS and OOS tuition is the same
Minnesota
University of Minnesota: does not offer residency after one year of school (anecdotal) and does not offer an exception to students with a working spouse in the state (source below)
Mississippi
University of Mississippi does not accept out of state applicants.
Missouri
UMKC seems to only accept very specific OOS students. They have informal agreements with the states of Arkansas, Hawaii, New Mexico, and Kansas to reserve some seats for residents of those states, with a bias for Kansas (for obvious reasons). Outside of those states, they only accepted 4 students for the class incoming for 2013 (according to the ADEA guide). According to their website and this post, they don't seem to offer residency to OOS students after a year of school--you must have established residency prior to Dec 1 acceptances. It is unclear if they offer in-state tuition to students from those favored OOS states (like how UT Memphis has a limited number of funded Arkansas seats), but the language on their website--that the state agreements are 'informal'--suggests to me that their is no funding... i.e., that only Missouri students get instate tuition.
Nebraska
University of Nebraska: does not offer residency (according to this thread)
Nevada
UNLV: offers out-of-state students residency after one year of school (Well-known. See below. It's noted in the 2014-2015 ADEA Guide, but not the 2015-2016 Guide, strangely)
New Jersey
UMDNJ: supposedly they offer in-state status after one year, perhaps even the first year (according to this thread)
New York
Buffalo: offers out-of-state students residency after one year of school (source below)
Stony Brook: probably the same as Buffalo
North Carolina
UNC: seems to offer residency after one year according to a thread I read the other day. I emailed admissions, and they said it was not automatic, but you could gain residency if "you establish that NC is going to be your home while in school and once you are out of school." They seem more generous than some (e.g. CO) in handing out residency with 12 months of living/working in-state prior to classes starting.
Ohio
OSU: offers residency after one year of school, with restrictions (source below)
Oklahoma
University of Oklahoma: does not offer a change of residency (according to this thread)
Oregon
OHSU: if you apply as OOS, you stay OOS all 4 years (post below)
Pennsylvania
Temple: is a state-related, independently controlled school. (In between public and private.) They do not offer residency benefits after a year of school (this post)
Puerto Rico
For the incoming class of 2013 they accepted 38 IS students and 2 OOS students. There's some note in ADEA guide about OOS tuition being variable... that it's determined based on your state residency, but I'm not sure what that means.
South Carolina
MUSC does not allow you to become in-state after one year of school (source below)
Tennessee
UTHSC: the director of admissions says he heard that getting in-state residency after a year might be possible but he wasn't exactly sure how--that one should probably inquire with the bursar and that the main route probably included marrying a TN resident. Anecdotally, I had not heard of any OOS students getting IS tuition.
Texas
All schools offer residency after one year of school, but it's cheap anyway and good luck getting in from out of state
Virginia
VCU: It seems to be pretty difficult to get in-state after a year of school (some threads and conversations I've had, and emails with admissions). Getting residency with 12 months prior to classes starting is possible, but not a freebie. You need something convincing that you didn't just do it for school. (email with admissions)
Washington
UW: maybe after two years, supposedly difficult to obtain (according to this thread)
West Virginia
WVU: does not offer residency (according to this thread)
Wisconsin
Marquette: according to their website, you seem to have to have established residency prior to enrolling
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