Do Texas Residents Get In-State Tuition in District of Columbia? (Undergraduate, 2026)
No — Texas residents pay full non-resident undergraduate tuition in District of Columbia, about $16,700 a year at University of the District of Columbia against $8,400 for residents. There is no exchange program between Texas and District of Columbia; the only route to the in-state rate is establishing District of Columbia residency, which takes 12 months.
- You would pay
- $16,700/yr
- Resident pays
- $8,400/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: $16,700 at University of the District of Columbia, where a resident pays $8,400.
No compact or state agreement in our data reaches Texas residents at undergraduate level in any state. At home, in-state undergraduate tuition is $11,700 at The University of Texas at Austin, so District of Columbia works out at $5,000 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 Texas to District of Columbia
No exchange program or bilateral agreement connects these two states at undergraduate level, so the route table is empty.
Where Texas residents pay less
Staying home, a Texas resident pays $11,700 a year for in-state undergraduate tuition at The University of Texas at Austin. The cheapest District of Columbia option for you is $16,700 at University of the District of Columbia, which is $5,000 a year more than staying home, or $20,000 over 4 years.
Texas belongs to none of the four regional tuition compacts at undergraduate level, and no state or campus agreement in our data reaches Texas residents at this level. It does take part in Academic Common Market at graduate level.
| State | Reference campus | Non-resident, per year |
|---|---|---|
| Texas to South Dakota | University of South Dakota | $13,600 |
| Texas to District of Columbia | University of the District of Columbia | $16,700 |
| Texas to North Dakota | University of North Dakota | $16,700 |
| Texas to Wyoming | University of Wyoming | $21,000 |
| Texas to Nevada | University of Nevada, Las Vegas | $26,000 |
Texas's neighboring states, compared
What a Texas resident pays for undergraduate tuition in each state that borders Texas, cheapest first:
- New Mexico$28,300/yr · non-resident
- Louisiana$29,000/yr · non-resident
- Arkansas$29,700/yr · non-resident
- Oklahoma$29,800/yr · non-resident
Compare all 50 states from Texas in the checker. Each figure is one reference campus per state, not a state average.
District of Columbia residency, in brief
District of Columbia grants in-state tuition after 12 months of domicile before the term begins (D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 8-B, § 1500), and a financially dependent student takes the parents' domicile. Moving to District of Columbia to enroll does not by itself start the clock.
District of Columbia residency requirements in full · how long every state requires
Step by step
- Budget for the non-resident rate at University of the District of Columbia: $16,700 a year against $8,400 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: District of Columbia requires 12 months of domicile, and a financially dependent student takes the parents' domicile, so the family would need to move.
- Read the University of the District of Columbia 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 Texas residents get in-state tuition in District of Columbia?
No. Texas residents pay the full non-resident rate of $16,700 at University of the District of Columbia. The only route to the $8,400 in-state rate is establishing District of Columbia residency.
›How long does it take to get in-state tuition in District of Columbia?
District of Columbia requires 12 months of domicile before the term begins (D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 8-B, § 1500), and a financially dependent student takes the parents' domicile.
›How much would undergraduate study in District of Columbia actually cost a Texas resident?
About $16,700 a year in tuition and mandatory fees at University of the District of Columbia, against $8,400 for a District of Columbia resident. Figures are compiled 2025–26 published rates and exclude housing, books and course-specific differentials.
›Where can Texas residents get reduced undergraduate tuition?
Nowhere through a compact or state agreement: none reaches Texas 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 District of Columbia cheaper than staying in Texas?
No. Texas's in-state undergraduate rate is $11,700 a year at The University of Texas at Austin, and the cheapest District of Columbia option for a Texas resident is $16,700, so District of Columbia costs about $5,000 more a year, or $20,000 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.
- University of the District of Columbia — residency for tuition purposes ↗Accessed 2026-08-07
- University of the District of Columbia — tuition and fees ↗Accessed 2026-08-07
- The University of Texas at Austin — 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 the District of Columbia’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, SREB and NEBHE). The residency test — the durational requirement, the domicile evidence and the dependent-student rule — was checked against University of the District of Columbia, D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 8-B, § 1500. Nothing here is taken from another comparison site.
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