Residency

Effective March 1, 2015

PENNSYLVANIA CLASSIFICATION

A student shall be classified as a Pennsylvania resident for tuition purposes if that student has a Pennsylvania domicile and that student's presence in Pennsylvania is not primarily for educational purposes.

  • Residency Policy
  • Residency Review
    • Requests for review must be submitted by the student (requests from parents will not be considered).
    • Undergraduate students requesting a review of their residency classification prior to the first day of the student’s first semester at the University need to contact Penn State Undergraduate Admissions.
    •  Undergraduate students requesting a review of their residency classification after the first day of the student's first semester at the University must submit the request through the following link: Residency Review
    • Graduate students requesting a review of their residency classification must submit the request through the following link: Residency Review

Students must have the Penn State GlobalProtect VPN in order to securely upload documents for the Residency Review. For information and instructions on how to download GlobalProtect, please go to: https://pennstate.service-now.com/sp?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB0013431