In-State Tuition in Georgia: Residency Rules and Out-of-State Rates (Graduate, 2026)

Verified 2026-08-072025–26 rates

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VerdictIn-state tuition

To get in-state tuition in Georgia you need 12 months of Georgia domicile before the term begins (USG Board of Regents Policy 4.3.2). In-state graduate tuition is $12,100 a year at University of Georgia Graduate School, against $31,000 for non-residents. Georgia participates in ACM.

You would pay: $12,100/yr
Resident pays: $12,100/yr
Non-resident rate: $31,000/yr
Residency worth over 2 yrs: $37,800

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 Georgia from a specific state?Pick your home state and the checker returns your exact route and the dollar difference.

Georgia charges $12,100 a year for in-state graduate study at University of Georgia Graduate School and $31,000 for everyone else. Georgia takes part in ACM, which is the only route to a lower rate that does not require moving.

Georgia classifies a student as a resident after 12 months of domicile. 12 months of continuous physical presence in Georgia together with abandonment of your previous state's domicile; presence for the purpose of attending school does not count toward the clock on its own. 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 Georgia resident pays elsewhere is a different question from what an arriving student pays here, and the two are rarely symmetric.

What Georgia charges, and who pays less

Routes into Georgia at University of Georgia Graduate School, graduate level — 2025–26 rates
Route	What it gives you	Per year	Saving	Guaranteed?
Georgia residency	You pay the published resident rate once you meet the state's residency test.	$12,100	$18,900	Yes, if eligible

Georgia residency requirements

Residency for tuition purposes in Georgia, verified 2026-08-07
Durational requirement	12 months of domicile before the term begins
Domicile test	12 months of continuous physical presence in Georgia together with abandonment of your previous state's domicile; presence for the purpose of attending school does not count toward the clock on its own.
Dependent students	A financially dependent student is assigned the parents' domicile. If your parents are not Georgia residents, you are not one either, regardless of where you live.
Independent students	A financially independent adult can establish domicile on their own record.
Named exceptions	Active-duty military stationed in Georgia and their dependents
Authority	University System of Georgia Board of Regents ↗(USG Board of Regents Policy 4.3.2)

Step by step

Confirm you meet the Georgia domicile test: 12 months of continuous physical presence in Georgia together with abandonment of your previous state's domicile; presence for the purpose of attending school does not count toward the clock on its own.
Gather the documents the University System of Georgia Board of Regents asks for — a driver's license, voter registration, vehicle registration and a 12-month record of physical presence are the usual set.
File the residency classification form with the campus registrar before the term's deadline; classification is decided by the institution, not by the state.
If you are financially dependent, check whose domicile counts — Georgia assigns a dependent student the parents' domicile, so the parents must qualify.

Official links

University System of Georgia Board of Regents ↗University of Georgia Graduate School tuition ↗Georgia residency ↗

Coming to Georgia from another state

Direction matters. These cover the exact move into Georgia at graduate level:

Alabama → Georgia Alaska → Georgia Arizona → Georgia Arkansas → Georgia California → Georgia Colorado → Georgia Connecticut → Georgia Delaware → Georgia District of Columbia → Georgia Florida → Georgia Hawaii → Georgia Idaho → Georgia Illinois → Georgia Indiana → Georgia Iowa → Georgia Kansas → Georgia

All 50 origin states

Leaving Georgia to study elsewhere

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

Georgia → Alabama Georgia → Alaska Georgia → Arizona Georgia → Arkansas Georgia → California Georgia → Colorado Georgia → Connecticut Georgia → Delaware Georgia → District of Columbia Georgia → Florida Georgia → Hawaii Georgia → Idaho Georgia → Illinois Georgia → Indiana Georgia → Iowa Georgia → Kansas

All 50 destination states

Georgia at other levels

Georgia — Undergraduate Georgia — Community College

Asked and answered

›What are the residency requirements for in-state tuition in Georgia?

12 months of continuous physical presence in Georgia together with abandonment of your previous state's domicile; presence for the purpose of attending school does not count toward the clock on its own. The durational requirement is 12 months, administered by the University System of Georgia Board of Regents under USG Board of Regents Policy 4.3.2. Classification is made by the institution you enroll at, not centrally.

›How much is out-of-state tuition in Georgia?

$31,000 a year in tuition and mandatory fees at University of Georgia Graduate School for 2025–26, against $12,100 for a resident — a gap of $18,900. Rates differ by campus and by college within a campus.

›Which tuition exchange programs does Georgia belong to?

Georgia participates in ACM at graduate level. Membership is a state-level commitment; each campus then decides whether to offer the program and which majors it opens.

›Can I get in-state tuition in Georgia 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 Georgia 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.

University System of Georgia Board of Regents — residency for tuition purposes ↗Accessed 2026-08-07
University of Georgia — tuition and fees ↗Accessed 2026-08-07
Technical College System of Georgia — tuition and fees ↗Accessed 2026-08-07
University of Georgia Graduate School — 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 University of Georgia Graduate School’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 (SREB). The residency test — the durational requirement, the domicile evidence and the dependent-student rule — was checked against University System of Georgia Board of Regents, USG Board of Regents Policy 4.3.2. 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.