Do Hawaii Residents Get In-State Tuition in Mississippi? (Graduate, 2026)
No — Hawaii residents pay full non-resident graduate tuition in Mississippi, about $28,000 a year at University of Mississippi Graduate School against $9,800 for residents. There is no exchange program between Hawaii and Mississippi; the only route to the in-state rate is establishing Mississippi residency, which takes 12 months.
- You would pay
- $28,000/yr
- Resident pays
- $9,800/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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This is the common case, and the honest answer is no. Mississippi charges Hawaii residents its full non-resident graduate rate of $28,000, and no regional program bridges the two states.
Seen from Hawaii, this is one option among 50. 14 other states offer Hawaii residents a reduced graduate rate, the lowest being Wyoming at about $7,000, against $16,300 for in-state study at UH Manoa Graduate Division.
One more angle: some public universities charge non-resident rates that are lower than another state's in-state rate. Comparing Mississippi's $28,000 against your home options on absolute cost, rather than on residency status, occasionally changes the answer.
Every route from Hawaii to Mississippi
No exchange program or bilateral agreement connects these two states at graduate level, so the route table is empty.
Where Hawaii residents pay less
Staying home, a Hawaii resident pays $16,300 a year for in-state graduate tuition at UH Manoa Graduate Division. The cheapest Mississippi option for you is $28,000 at University of Mississippi Graduate School, which is $11,700 a year more than staying home, or $23,400 over 2 years.
Hawaii belongs to Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE) at graduate level, so 14 of 50 states offer Hawaii graduate students a reduced rate. Mississippi is not one of them.
| State | Route | Per year |
|---|---|---|
| Hawaii to Wyoming | Western Regional Graduate Program · University of Wyoming graduate programs | $7,000 |
| Hawaii to Montana | Western Regional Graduate Program · University of Montana Graduate School | $8,000 |
| Hawaii to New Mexico | Western Regional Graduate Program · UNM Graduate Studies | $8,000 |
| Hawaii to Nevada | Western Regional Graduate Program · UNLV Graduate College | $9,000 |
| Hawaii to Utah | Western Regional Graduate Program · University of Utah Graduate School | $9,300 |
Compare all 50 states from Hawaii in the checker. Each figure is one reference campus per state, not a state average.
Mississippi residency, in brief
Mississippi grants in-state tuition after 12 months of domicile before the term begins (Miss. Code Ann. § 37-103-13), and a financially dependent student takes the parents' domicile. Moving to Mississippi to enroll does not by itself start the clock.
Mississippi residency requirements in full · how long every state requires
Step by step
- Budget for the non-resident rate at University of Mississippi Graduate School: $28,000 a year against $9,800 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: Mississippi requires 12 months of domicile, and a financially dependent student takes the parents' domicile, so the family would need to move.
- Read the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning 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 Hawaii residents get in-state tuition in Mississippi?
No. Hawaii residents pay the full non-resident rate of $28,000 at University of Mississippi Graduate School. The only route to the $9,800 in-state rate is establishing Mississippi residency.
›How long does it take to get in-state tuition in Mississippi?
Mississippi requires 12 months of domicile before the term begins (Miss. Code Ann. § 37-103-13), and a financially dependent student takes the parents' domicile.
›How much would graduate study in Mississippi actually cost a Hawaii resident?
About $28,000 a year in tuition and mandatory fees at University of Mississippi Graduate School, against $9,800 for a Mississippi resident. Figures are compiled 2025–26 published rates and exclude housing, books and course-specific differentials.
›Where can Hawaii residents get reduced graduate tuition?
In 14 states at graduate level. Outside Mississippi, the lowest are Wyoming ($7,000), Montana ($8,000), New Mexico ($8,000). Each figure is one reference campus, and awards are made campus by campus.
›Is studying in Mississippi cheaper than staying in Hawaii?
No. Hawaii's in-state graduate rate is $16,300 a year at UH Manoa Graduate Division, and the cheapest Mississippi option for a Hawaii resident is $28,000, so Mississippi costs about $11,700 more a year, or $23,400 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.
- Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning — residency for tuition purposes ↗Accessed 2026-08-07
- University of Mississippi Graduate School — tuition and fees ↗Accessed 2026-08-07
- UH Manoa Graduate Division — 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 Mississippi 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 (WICHE, SREB). The residency test — the durational requirement, the domicile evidence and the dependent-student rule — was checked against Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning, Miss. Code Ann. § 37-103-13. Nothing here is taken from another comparison site.
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