Do North Dakota Residents Get In-State Tuition in Connecticut? (Graduate, 2026)
No — North Dakota residents pay full non-resident graduate tuition in Connecticut, about $40,200 a year at UConn Graduate School against $18,600 for residents. There is no exchange program between North Dakota and Connecticut; the only route to the in-state rate is establishing Connecticut residency, which takes 12 months.
- You would pay
- $40,200/yr
- Resident pays
- $18,600/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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There is no agreement between these two states at graduate level. The full non-resident rate applies: $40,200 at UConn Graduate School, where a resident pays $18,600.
21 other states offer North Dakota residents a reduced graduate rate, the lowest being Wyoming at about $7,000. At home, in-state graduate tuition is $12,700 at UND School of Graduate Studies, so Connecticut works out at $27,500 a year more than staying home.
Worth checking before you accept the non-resident rate: whether the campus offers a border-county waiver, a legacy or alumni rate, or a merit award pegged to the residency gap. These are institutional decisions and they are not published centrally.
Every route from North Dakota to Connecticut
No exchange program or bilateral agreement connects these two states at graduate level, so the route table is empty.
Where North Dakota residents pay less
Staying home, a North Dakota resident pays $12,700 a year for in-state graduate tuition at UND School of Graduate Studies. The cheapest Connecticut option for you is $40,200 at UConn Graduate School, which is $27,500 a year more than staying home, or $55,000 over 2 years.
North Dakota belongs to Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE) and Midwest Student Exchange Program (MSEP) at graduate level, so 21 of 50 states offer North Dakota graduate students a reduced rate. Connecticut is not one of them.
| State | Route | Per year |
|---|---|---|
| North Dakota to Wyoming | Western Regional Graduate Program · University of Wyoming graduate programs | $7,000 |
| North Dakota to Montana | Western Regional Graduate Program · University of Montana Graduate School | $8,000 |
| North Dakota to New Mexico | Western Regional Graduate Program · UNM Graduate Studies | $8,000 |
| North Dakota to Nevada | Western Regional Graduate Program · UNLV Graduate College | $9,000 |
| North Dakota to Utah | Western Regional Graduate Program · University of Utah Graduate School | $9,300 |
North Dakota's neighboring states, compared
What a North Dakota resident pays for graduate tuition in each state that borders North Dakota, cheapest first:
- Montana$8,000/yr · Western Regional Graduate Program
- South Dakota$10,300/yr · Western Regional Graduate Program
- Minnesota$20,000/yr · Minnesota-Dakotas Tuition Reciprocity
Compare all 50 states from North Dakota in the checker. Each figure is one reference campus per state, not a state average.
Connecticut residency, in brief
Connecticut grants in-state tuition after 12 months of domicile before the term begins (Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10a-28), and a financially dependent student takes the parents' domicile. Moving to Connecticut to enroll does not by itself start the clock.
Connecticut residency requirements in full · how long every state requires
Step by step
- Budget for the non-resident rate at UConn Graduate School: $40,200 a year against $18,600 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: Connecticut requires 12 months of domicile, and a financially dependent student takes the parents' domicile, so the family would need to move.
- Read the Connecticut Office of Higher 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 North Dakota residents get in-state tuition in Connecticut?
No. North Dakota residents pay the full non-resident rate of $40,200 at UConn Graduate School. The only route to the $18,600 in-state rate is establishing Connecticut residency.
›How long does it take to get in-state tuition in Connecticut?
Connecticut requires 12 months of domicile before the term begins (Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10a-28), and a financially dependent student takes the parents' domicile.
›How much would graduate study in Connecticut actually cost a North Dakota resident?
About $40,200 a year in tuition and mandatory fees at UConn Graduate School, against $18,600 for a Connecticut resident. Figures are compiled 2025–26 published rates and exclude housing, books and course-specific differentials.
›Where can North Dakota residents get reduced graduate tuition?
In 21 states at graduate level. Outside Connecticut, 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 Connecticut cheaper than staying in North Dakota?
No. North Dakota's in-state graduate rate is $12,700 a year at UND School of Graduate Studies, and the cheapest Connecticut option for a North Dakota resident is $40,200, so Connecticut costs about $27,500 more a year, or $55,000 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.
- Connecticut Office of Higher Education — residency for tuition purposes ↗Accessed 2026-08-07
- UConn Graduate School — tuition and fees ↗Accessed 2026-08-07
- UND School of Graduate Studies — 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 UConn 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, MHEC, NEBHE). The residency test — the durational requirement, the domicile evidence and the dependent-student rule — was checked against Connecticut Office of Higher Education, Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10a-28. Nothing here is taken from another comparison site.
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