Do New York Residents Get In-State Tuition in Arkansas? (Undergraduate, 2026)
No — New York residents pay full non-resident undergraduate tuition in Arkansas, about $29,700 a year at University of Arkansas against $10,300 for residents. There is no exchange program between New York and Arkansas; the only route to the in-state rate is establishing Arkansas residency, which takes 6 months.
- You would pay
- $29,700/yr
- Resident pays
- $10,300/yr
- Over 4 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 undergraduate level. The full non-resident rate applies: $29,700 at University of Arkansas, where a resident pays $10,300.
No compact or state agreement in our data reaches New York residents at undergraduate level in any state. At home, in-state undergraduate tuition is $10,900 at University at Buffalo (SUNY), so Arkansas works out at $18,800 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 New York to Arkansas
No exchange program or bilateral agreement connects these two states at undergraduate level, so the route table is empty.
Where New York residents pay less
Staying home, a New York resident pays $10,900 a year for in-state undergraduate tuition at University at Buffalo (SUNY). The cheapest Arkansas option for you is $29,700 at University of Arkansas, which is $18,800 a year more than staying home, or $75,200 over 4 years.
New York belongs to none of the four regional tuition compacts at undergraduate level, and no state or campus agreement in our data reaches New York residents at this level.
| State | Reference campus | Non-resident, per year |
|---|---|---|
| New York to South Dakota | University of South Dakota | $13,600 |
| New York to District of Columbia | University of the District of Columbia | $16,700 |
| New York to North Dakota | University of North Dakota | $16,700 |
| New York to Wyoming | University of Wyoming | $21,000 |
| New York to Nevada | University of Nevada, Las Vegas | $26,000 |
New York's neighboring states, compared
What a New York resident pays for undergraduate tuition in each state that borders New York, cheapest first:
- New Jersey$37,700/yr · non-resident
- Pennsylvania$40,000/yr · non-resident
- Massachusetts$40,100/yr · non-resident
- Connecticut$45,100/yr · non-resident
- Vermont$46,900/yr · non-resident
Compare all 50 states from New York in the checker. Each figure is one reference campus per state, not a state average.
Arkansas residency, in brief
Arkansas grants in-state tuition after 6 months of domicile before the term begins (Ark. Code Ann. § 6-60-204), and a financially dependent student takes the parents' domicile. Moving to Arkansas to enroll does not by itself start the clock.
Arkansas residency requirements in full · how long every state requires
Step by step
- Budget for the non-resident rate at University of Arkansas: $29,700 a year against $10,300 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: Arkansas requires 6 months of domicile, and a financially dependent student takes the parents' domicile, so the family would need to move.
- Read the Arkansas Division 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 New York residents get in-state tuition in Arkansas?
No. New York residents pay the full non-resident rate of $29,700 at University of Arkansas. The only route to the $10,300 in-state rate is establishing Arkansas residency.
›How long does it take to get in-state tuition in Arkansas?
Arkansas requires 6 months of domicile before the term begins (Ark. Code Ann. § 6-60-204), and a financially dependent student takes the parents' domicile.
›How much would undergraduate study in Arkansas actually cost a New York resident?
About $29,700 a year in tuition and mandatory fees at University of Arkansas, against $10,300 for an Arkansas resident. Figures are compiled 2025–26 published rates and exclude housing, books and course-specific differentials.
›Where can New York residents get reduced undergraduate tuition?
Nowhere through a compact or state agreement: none reaches New York residents at undergraduate level in our data. The lowest published non-resident rates are in South Dakota ($13,600), District of Columbia ($16,700), North Dakota ($16,700), and campus scholarships remain worth checking.
›Is studying in Arkansas cheaper than staying in New York?
No. New York's in-state undergraduate rate is $10,900 a year at University at Buffalo (SUNY), and the cheapest Arkansas option for a New York resident is $29,700, so Arkansas costs about $18,800 more a year, or $75,200 over 4 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.
- Arkansas Division of Higher Education — residency for tuition purposes ↗Accessed 2026-08-07
- University of Arkansas — tuition and fees ↗Accessed 2026-08-07
- University at Buffalo (SUNY) — 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 Arkansas’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 Arkansas Division of Higher Education, Ark. Code Ann. § 6-60-204. Nothing here is taken from another comparison site.
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