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In-State Tuition in District of Columbia: Residency Rules and Out-of-State Rates (Community College, 2026)

Verified 2026-08-072025–26 rates
District of Columbia is in:WUE — not at this levelMSEP — not at this levelACM — not at this levelTuition Break — not at this level
VerdictIn-state tuition

To get in-state tuition in District of Columbia you need 12 months of District of Columbia domicile before the term begins (D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 8-B, § 1500). In-state community college tuition is $3,300 a year at UDC Community College, against $8,300 for non-residents. District of Columbia belongs to no regional tuition compact at this level.

You would pay
$3,300/yr
Resident pays
$3,300/yr
Non-resident rate
$8,300/yr
Residency worth over 2 yrs
$10,000

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.

Coming to District of Columbia from a specific state?Pick your home state and the checker returns your exact route and the dollar difference.

The community college residency gap in District of Columbia is $5,000 a year: $3,300 for residents at UDC Community College, $8,300 for non-residents. District of Columbia does not belong to any of the four regional tuition compacts, so an out-of-state student has no exchange-program route into the in-state rate.

District of Columbia classifies a student as a resident after 12 months of domicile. Physical presence in District of Columbia for at least 12 months before the term begins, combined with objective evidence that you intend to make District of Columbia your permanent home rather than living there to attend college. Classification is decided by the institution you enroll at, and a financially dependent student is assigned the parents' domicile.

This page covers all 50 origin states. Direction matters: what a District of Columbia resident pays elsewhere is a different question from what an arriving student pays here, and the two are rarely symmetric.

What District of Columbia charges, and who pays less

Routes into District of Columbia at UDC Community College, community college level — 2025–26 rates
RouteWhat it gives youPer yearSavingGuaranteed?
District of Columbia residencyYou pay the published resident rate once you meet the state's residency test.$3,300$5,000Yes, if eligible

District of Columbia residency requirements

Residency for tuition purposes in District of Columbia, verified 2026-08-07
Durational requirement12 months of domicile before the term begins
Domicile testPhysical presence in District of Columbia for at least 12 months before the term begins, combined with objective evidence that you intend to make District of Columbia your permanent home rather than living there to attend college.
Dependent studentsA financially dependent student is assigned the parents' domicile. If your parents are not District of Columbia residents, you are not one either, regardless of where you live.
Independent studentsA financially independent adult can establish domicile on their own record.
Named exceptions
  • DC Tuition Assistance Grant (DCTAG) — portable to public colleges nationwide
AuthorityUniversity of the District of Columbia ↗(D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 8-B, § 1500)

Step by step

  1. Confirm you meet the District of Columbia domicile test: Physical presence in District of Columbia for at least 12 months before the term begins, combined with objective evidence that you intend to make District of Columbia your permanent home rather than living there to attend college.
  2. Gather the documents the University of the District of Columbia asks for — a driver's license, voter registration, vehicle registration and a 12-month record of physical presence are the usual set.
  3. File the residency classification form with the campus registrar before the term's deadline; classification is decided by the institution, not by the state.
  4. If you are financially dependent, check whose domicile counts — District of Columbia assigns a dependent student the parents' domicile, so the parents must qualify.

Official links

University of the District of Columbia ↗UDC Community College tuition ↗District of Columbia residency ↗

Coming to District of Columbia from another state

Direction matters. These cover the exact move into District of Columbia at community college level:

Alabama → District of ColumbiaAlaska → District of ColumbiaArizona → District of ColumbiaArkansas → District of ColumbiaCalifornia → District of ColumbiaColorado → District of ColumbiaConnecticut → District of ColumbiaDelaware → District of ColumbiaFlorida → District of ColumbiaGeorgia → District of ColumbiaHawaii → District of ColumbiaIdaho → District of ColumbiaIllinois → District of ColumbiaIndiana → District of ColumbiaIowa → District of ColumbiaKansas → District of Columbia
All 50 origin states
Kentucky → District of ColumbiaLouisiana → District of ColumbiaMaine → District of ColumbiaMaryland → District of ColumbiaMassachusetts → District of ColumbiaMichigan → District of ColumbiaMinnesota → District of ColumbiaMississippi → District of ColumbiaMissouri → District of ColumbiaMontana → District of ColumbiaNebraska → District of ColumbiaNevada → District of ColumbiaNew Hampshire → District of ColumbiaNew Jersey → District of ColumbiaNew Mexico → District of ColumbiaNew York → District of ColumbiaNorth Carolina → District of ColumbiaNorth Dakota → District of ColumbiaOhio → District of ColumbiaOklahoma → District of ColumbiaOregon → District of ColumbiaPennsylvania → District of ColumbiaRhode Island → District of ColumbiaSouth Carolina → District of ColumbiaSouth Dakota → District of ColumbiaTennessee → District of ColumbiaTexas → District of ColumbiaUtah → District of ColumbiaVermont → District of ColumbiaVirginia → District of ColumbiaWashington → District of ColumbiaWest Virginia → District of ColumbiaWisconsin → District of ColumbiaWyoming → District of Columbia

Leaving District of Columbia to study elsewhere

What a District of Columbia resident pays in each of the other 50 states:

District of Columbia → AlabamaDistrict of Columbia → AlaskaDistrict of Columbia → ArizonaDistrict of Columbia → ArkansasDistrict of Columbia → CaliforniaDistrict of Columbia → ColoradoDistrict of Columbia → ConnecticutDistrict of Columbia → DelawareDistrict of Columbia → FloridaDistrict of Columbia → GeorgiaDistrict of Columbia → HawaiiDistrict of Columbia → IdahoDistrict of Columbia → IllinoisDistrict of Columbia → IndianaDistrict of Columbia → IowaDistrict of Columbia → Kansas
All 50 destination states
District of Columbia → KentuckyDistrict of Columbia → LouisianaDistrict of Columbia → MaineDistrict of Columbia → MarylandDistrict of Columbia → MassachusettsDistrict of Columbia → MichiganDistrict of Columbia → MinnesotaDistrict of Columbia → MississippiDistrict of Columbia → MissouriDistrict of Columbia → MontanaDistrict of Columbia → NebraskaDistrict of Columbia → NevadaDistrict of Columbia → New HampshireDistrict of Columbia → New JerseyDistrict of Columbia → New MexicoDistrict of Columbia → New YorkDistrict of Columbia → North CarolinaDistrict of Columbia → North DakotaDistrict of Columbia → OhioDistrict of Columbia → OklahomaDistrict of Columbia → OregonDistrict of Columbia → PennsylvaniaDistrict of Columbia → Rhode IslandDistrict of Columbia → South CarolinaDistrict of Columbia → South DakotaDistrict of Columbia → TennesseeDistrict of Columbia → TexasDistrict of Columbia → UtahDistrict of Columbia → VermontDistrict of Columbia → VirginiaDistrict of Columbia → WashingtonDistrict of Columbia → West VirginiaDistrict of Columbia → WisconsinDistrict of Columbia → Wyoming

District of Columbia at other levels

District of Columbia — UndergraduateDistrict of Columbia — Graduate

Asked and answered

›What are the residency requirements for in-state tuition in District of Columbia?

Physical presence in District of Columbia for at least 12 months before the term begins, combined with objective evidence that you intend to make District of Columbia your permanent home rather than living there to attend college. The durational requirement is 12 months, administered by the University of the District of Columbia under D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 8-B, § 1500. Classification is made by the institution you enroll at, not centrally.

›How much is out-of-state tuition in District of Columbia?

$8,300 a year in tuition and mandatory fees at UDC Community College for 2025–26, against $3,300 for a resident — a gap of $5,000. Rates differ by campus and by college within a campus.

›Which tuition exchange programs does District of Columbia belong to?

None at community college level. District of Columbia is not a member of any of the four regional tuition compacts for this level of study, so out-of-state students have no exchange-program route to a reduced rate.

›Can I get in-state tuition in District of Columbia after one year of living there?

12 months of domicile is the requirement, but time alone is not enough. You have to show you moved to live in District of Columbia rather than to attend college there — driver's license, vehicle registration, voter registration, employment and state tax filing are the evidence campuses ask for. A financially dependent student is assigned the parents' domicile regardless.

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.

  1. University of the District of Columbia — residency for tuition purposes ↗Accessed 2026-08-07
  2. University of the District of Columbia — tuition and fees ↗Accessed 2026-08-07
  3. UDC 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 UDC Community College’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 University of the District of Columbia, D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 8-B, § 1500. Nothing here is taken from another comparison site.

Not advice. In-State Check is independent of every college, compact and state agency named here. Residency classification and award decisions are made by the institution you apply to. Found an error? Send the page URL and the source that contradicts it to [email protected], and the page is corrected and re-dated. Full methodology.