Missouri residency is applicable to undergraduate, graduate and professional students. This includes students enrolled at the schools of Law, Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmacy.
Noncitizen students with lawful immigration status can become residents. This includes, but isn't limited to, most visa types, refugees and asylees. Students holding F, J and M visas are NOT eligible for in-state tuition via Missouri residence, the Kansas Rate or the Metro Rate.
Permanent residents (i.e. students with green cards) are eligible for in-state tuition. A continuing student who becomes a permanent resident while attending UMKC will not need to petition to change his or her residency status. These students can contact us about residency changes.
Permanent residents who wish to get in-state tuition after moving to Missouri or Kansas will need to petition. If petitioning for residency, permanent residents do need to prove that they have 12 months of domicile or relocated here for retirement or employment purposes.
In-state tuition is available to students with Missouri, undergraduate Kansas or graduate Metro residency and to students who qualify for the Military Rate.
Residency is determined by the state of residence students list on their application to UMKC, with a few exceptions.
Semester | Qualifying 12 months | Deadline for petition and all supporting documents |
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Fall | August to August | October 1 |
Spring | January to January | March 1 |
Summer | June to June | July 1 |
The burden of proof of Missouri and Kansas residency is on the student; therefore, it is important to answer all applicable questions and to provide all required documents to the Residency Processor for committee review. For questions, please email us or call (816) 235-8652.
Not all documents guarantee approval for Missouri or Kansas rates. Residency petitions are reviewed on a case-by-case basis.
For further details regarding required documents, along with details regarding relocation due to employment/retirement or military status, please view the required documents details.
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No. Residency is based on where the student’s permanent home is. Owning property in Missouri or Kansas will not make you eligible for residency if you do not reside there permanently.
Students can demonstrate their independence by providing evidence of legal emancipation or by proving their financial independence. Independent students are not claimed on their parents’ taxes and do not receive financial support from their parents. Students under 21 who are claimed on their out-of-state parent’s taxes will not be eligible to update their residency to their current state.
An emancipated minor is a student under 21 years old who is not under the care, custody, and support of a legal custodian. A student may become emancipated through marriage, formal court action, abandonment, or positive action of alienation on the part of the student. Mere absence of the minor student from the domicile of their legal custodian shall not constitute proof of emancipation. Any minor student taken as an income tax deduction (by anyone other than a spouse) is considered an unemancipated minor.