Do Texas Residents Get In-State Tuition in Minnesota? (Undergraduate, 2026)
No — Texas residents pay full non-resident undergraduate tuition in Minnesota, about $36,000 a year at University of Minnesota Twin Cities against $16,500 for residents. There is no exchange program between Texas and Minnesota; the only route to the in-state rate is establishing Minnesota residency, which takes 12 months.
- You would pay
- $36,000/yr
- Resident pays
- $16,500/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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Texas residents get no exchange-program discount in Minnesota. At University of Minnesota Twin Cities that means $36,000 a year rather than $16,500 — $19,500 a year, every year you are enrolled.
Seen from Texas, this is one option among 50. No compact or state agreement in our data reaches Texas residents at undergraduate level in any state, against $11,700 for in-state study at The University of Texas at Austin.
One more angle: some public universities charge non-resident rates that are lower than another state's in-state rate. Comparing Minnesota's $36,000 against your home options on absolute cost, rather than on residency status, occasionally changes the answer.
Every route from Texas to Minnesota
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 Minnesota option for you is $36,000 at University of Minnesota Twin Cities, which is $24,300 a year more than staying home, or $97,200 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.
Minnesota residency, in brief
Minnesota grants in-state tuition after 12 months of domicile before the term begins (Minn. Stat. § 135A.031), and a financially dependent student takes the parents' domicile. Moving to Minnesota to enroll does not by itself start the clock.
Minnesota residency requirements in full · how long every state requires
Step by step
- Budget for the non-resident rate at University of Minnesota Twin Cities: $36,000 a year against $16,500 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: Minnesota requires 12 months of domicile, and a financially dependent student takes the parents' domicile, so the family would need to move.
- Read the Minnesota 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 Texas residents get in-state tuition in Minnesota?
No. Texas residents pay the full non-resident rate of $36,000 at University of Minnesota Twin Cities. The only route to the $16,500 in-state rate is establishing Minnesota residency.
›How long does it take to get in-state tuition in Minnesota?
Minnesota requires 12 months of domicile before the term begins (Minn. Stat. § 135A.031), and a financially dependent student takes the parents' domicile.
›How much would undergraduate study in Minnesota actually cost a Texas resident?
About $36,000 a year in tuition and mandatory fees at University of Minnesota Twin Cities, against $16,500 for a Minnesota 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 Minnesota 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 Minnesota option for a Texas resident is $36,000, so Minnesota costs about $24,300 more a year, or $97,200 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 2026-09-27.
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.
- Minnesota Office of Higher Education — residency for tuition purposes ↗Accessed 2026-08-07
- University of Minnesota Twin Cities — 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 2026-09-27.
- 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.
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