Do Delaware Residents Get In-State Tuition in Florida? (Community College, 2026)
No — Delaware residents pay full non-resident community college tuition in Florida, about $11,700 a year at Florida College System against $3,100 for residents. There is no exchange program between Delaware and Florida; the only route to the in-state rate is establishing Florida residency, which takes 12 months.
- You would pay
- $11,700/yr
- Resident pays
- $3,100/yr
- Over 2 yrs
- No saving available
Tuition and mandatory fees only, compiled from published rates and rounded. Excludes housing, books and course differentials. Eligibility is decided by the institution, not by this page.
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Delaware and Florida sit in different compact regions, so nothing connects them. A Delaware resident at Florida College System pays $11,700 a year against $3,100 for a Florida resident — a gap of $8,600.
Seen from Delaware, this is one option among 50. No compact or state agreement in our data reaches Delaware residents at community college level in any state, against $4,700 for in-state study at Delaware Technical Community College.
One more angle: some public universities charge non-resident rates that are lower than another state's in-state rate. Comparing Florida's $11,700 against your home options on absolute cost, rather than on residency status, occasionally changes the answer.
Every route from Delaware to Florida
No exchange program or bilateral agreement connects these two states at community college level, so the route table is empty.
Where Delaware residents pay less
Staying home, a Delaware resident pays $4,700 a year for in-state community college tuition at Delaware Technical Community College. The cheapest Florida option for you is $11,700 at Florida College System, which is $7,000 a year more than staying home, or $14,000 over 2 years.
Delaware belongs to none of the four regional tuition compacts at community college level, and no state or campus agreement in our data reaches Delaware residents at this level. It does take part in Academic Common Market at undergraduate and graduate level.
| State | Reference campus | Non-resident, per year |
|---|---|---|
| Delaware to Nebraska | Nebraska community colleges | $4,300 |
| Delaware to Kansas | Kansas community colleges | $5,100 |
| Delaware to Arkansas | Arkansas two-year colleges | $5,600 |
| Delaware to Minnesota | Minnesota State colleges | $6,100 |
| Delaware to New Mexico | New Mexico community colleges | $6,300 |
Delaware's neighboring states, compared
What a Delaware resident pays for community college tuition in each state that borders Delaware, cheapest first:
- New Jersey$10,600/yr · non-resident
- Maryland$11,700/yr · non-resident
- Pennsylvania$12,500/yr · non-resident
Compare all 50 states from Delaware in the checker. Each figure is one reference campus per state, not a state average.
Florida residency, in brief
Florida grants in-state tuition after 12 months of domicile before the term begins (Fla. Stat. § 1009.21), and a financially dependent student takes the parents' domicile. Moving to Florida to enroll does not by itself start the clock.
Florida residency requirements in full · how long every state requires
Step by step
- Budget for the non-resident rate at Florida College System: $11,700 a year against $3,100 for residents.
- Check whether the specific campus you want offers its own non-resident scholarship or a border-county waiver — those are institutional, sit outside the state agreements, and are the most commonly missed discount.
- If you plan to stay, price the residency route: Florida requires 12 months of domicile, and a financially dependent student takes the parents' domicile, so the family would need to move.
- Read the Florida Department of Education rules in full before you enroll — classification is decided once, and re-classification later in a degree is the hardest version of this problem.
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Asked and answered
›Do Delaware residents get in-state tuition in Florida?
No. Delaware residents pay the full non-resident rate of $11,700 at Florida College System. The only route to the $3,100 in-state rate is establishing Florida residency.
›How long does it take to get in-state tuition in Florida?
Florida requires 12 months of domicile before the term begins (Fla. Stat. § 1009.21), and a financially dependent student takes the parents' domicile.
›How much would community college study in Florida actually cost a Delaware resident?
About $11,700 a year in tuition and mandatory fees at Florida College System, against $3,100 for a Florida resident. Figures are compiled 2025–26 published rates and exclude housing, books and course-specific differentials.
›Where can Delaware residents get reduced community college tuition?
Nowhere through a compact or state agreement: none reaches Delaware residents at community college level in our data. The lowest published non-resident rates are in Nebraska ($4,300), Kansas ($5,100), Arkansas ($5,600), and campus scholarships remain worth checking.
›Is studying in Florida cheaper than staying in Delaware?
No. Delaware's in-state community college rate is $4,700 a year at Delaware Technical Community College, and the cheapest Florida option for a Delaware resident is $11,700, so Florida costs about $7,000 more a year, or $14,000 over 2 years, in tuition and fees alone.
Sources
Every eligibility rule on this page is checked against the operating compact commission or the state's own residency authority. Last verified 2026-08-07.
Tuition figures on this page are compiled 2025–26 published rates (basis: published compiled), rounded to the nearest $100 and refreshed each June. Eligibility rules are checked against the cited compact commission or residency authority.
- Florida Department of Education — residency for tuition purposes ↗Accessed 2026-08-07
- Florida College System — tuition and fees ↗Accessed 2026-08-07
- Delaware Technical Community College — tuition and fees ↗Accessed 2026-08-07
How this page was made
Compiled and checked by Billy Reiner, editor of In-State Check. Last verified 2026-08-07.
- Compiled from published rate pages
- The in-state and non-resident figures are tuition and mandatory fees for one full-time year, read from Florida College System’s own 2025–26 rate page and rounded to the nearest $100. Housing, books, travel and course-specific differentials are not included in them.
- Checked against the administering body
- Compact membership at this level was checked against the commission that runs the program (WICHE, MHEC, SREB and NEBHE). The residency test — the durational requirement, the domicile evidence and the dependent-student rule — was checked against Florida Department of Education, Fla. Stat. § 1009.21. Nothing here is taken from another comparison site.
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