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

Verified 2026-09-272025–26 rates
Minnesota is in:WUE — not at this levelMSEPACM — not at this levelTuition Break — not at this level
VerdictIn-state tuition

To get in-state tuition in Minnesota you need 12 months of Minnesota domicile before the term begins (Minn. Stat. § 135A.031). In-state undergraduate tuition is $16,500 a year at University of Minnesota Twin Cities, against $36,000 for non-residents. Minnesota participates in MSEP.

You would pay
$16,500/yr
Resident pays
$16,500/yr
Non-resident rate
$36,000/yr
Residency worth over 4 yrs
$78,000

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

For undergraduate students, Minnesota prices residency at $19,500 a year — $16,500 against $36,000 at University of Minnesota Twin Cities. Minnesota takes part in MSEP, which is the only route to a lower rate that does not require moving.

Minnesota classifies a student as a resident after 12 months of domicile. Domicile in Minnesota for 12 months or more before the first day of classes, with the burden on you to rebut the state's presumption that a student who arrives to enroll is present only for educational purposes. 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 Minnesota resident pays elsewhere is a different question from what an arriving student pays here, and the two are rarely symmetric.

What Minnesota charges, and who pays less

Routes into Minnesota at University of Minnesota Twin Cities, undergraduate level — 2025–26 rates
RouteWhat it gives youPer yearSavingGuaranteed?
Minnesota residencyYou pay the published resident rate once you meet the state's residency test.$16,500$19,500Yes, if eligible

Minnesota residency requirements

Residency for tuition purposes in Minnesota, verified 2026-09-27
Durational requirement12 months of domicile before the term begins
Domicile testDomicile in Minnesota for 12 months or more before the first day of classes, with the burden on you to rebut the state's presumption that a student who arrives to enroll is present only for educational purposes.
Dependent studentsA financially dependent student is assigned the parents' domicile. If your parents are not Minnesota 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
  • Minnesota State two-year colleges charge a single rate regardless of residency
AuthorityMinnesota Office of Higher Education ↗(Minn. Stat. § 135A.031)

Step by step

  1. Confirm you meet the Minnesota domicile test: Domicile in Minnesota for 12 months or more before the first day of classes, with the burden on you to rebut the state's presumption that a student who arrives to enroll is present only for educational purposes.
  2. Gather the documents the Minnesota Office of Higher Education 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 — Minnesota assigns a dependent student the parents' domicile, so the parents must qualify.

Official links

Minnesota Office of Higher Education ↗University of Minnesota Twin Cities tuition ↗Minnesota residency ↗

Coming to Minnesota from another state

Direction matters. These cover the exact move into Minnesota at undergraduate level:

Alabama → MinnesotaAlaska → MinnesotaArizona → MinnesotaArkansas → MinnesotaCalifornia → MinnesotaColorado → MinnesotaConnecticut → MinnesotaDelaware → MinnesotaDistrict of Columbia → MinnesotaFlorida → MinnesotaGeorgia → MinnesotaHawaii → MinnesotaIdaho → MinnesotaIllinois → MinnesotaIndiana → MinnesotaIowa → Minnesota
All 50 origin states
Kansas → MinnesotaKentucky → MinnesotaLouisiana → MinnesotaMaine → MinnesotaMaryland → MinnesotaMassachusetts → MinnesotaMichigan → MinnesotaMississippi → MinnesotaMissouri → MinnesotaMontana → MinnesotaNebraska → MinnesotaNevada → MinnesotaNew Hampshire → MinnesotaNew Jersey → MinnesotaNew Mexico → MinnesotaNew York → MinnesotaNorth Carolina → MinnesotaNorth Dakota → MinnesotaOhio → MinnesotaOklahoma → MinnesotaOregon → MinnesotaPennsylvania → MinnesotaRhode Island → MinnesotaSouth Carolina → MinnesotaSouth Dakota → MinnesotaTennessee → MinnesotaTexas → MinnesotaUtah → MinnesotaVermont → MinnesotaVirginia → MinnesotaWashington → MinnesotaWest Virginia → MinnesotaWisconsin → MinnesotaWyoming → Minnesota

Leaving Minnesota to study elsewhere

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

Minnesota → AlabamaMinnesota → AlaskaMinnesota → ArizonaMinnesota → ArkansasMinnesota → CaliforniaMinnesota → ColoradoMinnesota → ConnecticutMinnesota → DelawareMinnesota → District of ColumbiaMinnesota → FloridaMinnesota → GeorgiaMinnesota → HawaiiMinnesota → IdahoMinnesota → IllinoisMinnesota → IndianaMinnesota → Iowa
All 50 destination states
Minnesota → KansasMinnesota → KentuckyMinnesota → LouisianaMinnesota → MaineMinnesota → MarylandMinnesota → MassachusettsMinnesota → MichiganMinnesota → MississippiMinnesota → MissouriMinnesota → MontanaMinnesota → NebraskaMinnesota → NevadaMinnesota → New HampshireMinnesota → New JerseyMinnesota → New MexicoMinnesota → New YorkMinnesota → North CarolinaMinnesota → North DakotaMinnesota → OhioMinnesota → OklahomaMinnesota → OregonMinnesota → PennsylvaniaMinnesota → Rhode IslandMinnesota → South CarolinaMinnesota → South DakotaMinnesota → TennesseeMinnesota → TexasMinnesota → UtahMinnesota → VermontMinnesota → VirginiaMinnesota → WashingtonMinnesota → West VirginiaMinnesota → WisconsinMinnesota → Wyoming

Minnesota at other levels

Minnesota — Community CollegeMinnesota — Graduate

Asked and answered

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

Domicile in Minnesota for 12 months or more before the first day of classes, with the burden on you to rebut the state's presumption that a student who arrives to enroll is present only for educational purposes. The durational requirement is 12 months, administered by the Minnesota Office of Higher Education under Minn. Stat. § 135A.031. Classification is made by the institution you enroll at, not centrally.

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

$36,000 a year in tuition and mandatory fees at University of Minnesota Twin Cities for 2025–26, against $16,500 for a resident — a gap of $19,500. Rates differ by campus and by college within a campus.

›Which tuition exchange programs does Minnesota belong to?

Minnesota participates in MSEP at undergraduate 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 Minnesota 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 Minnesota 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 2026-09-27.

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. Minnesota Office of Higher Education — residency for tuition purposes ↗Accessed 2026-08-07
  2. University of Minnesota Twin Cities — tuition and fees ↗Accessed 2026-08-07
  3. Minnesota State colleges — tuition and fees ↗Accessed 2026-08-07
  4. Minnesota Office of Higher Education — tuition reciprocity rates ↗Accessed 2026-09-27
  5. University of Minnesota 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 2026-09-27.

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 Minnesota Twin Cities’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 (MHEC). The residency test — the durational requirement, the domicile evidence and the dependent-student rule — was checked against Minnesota Office of Higher Education, Minn. Stat. § 135A.031. 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.