Residency

Only bona fide Oregon residents qualify for in-state tuition. Thus, the UO carefully determines the residency status of all students under Oregon Administrative Rules. Only authorized residency officers may apply and interpret these rules and procedures. No other indication or determination of residency by any other institutional office, department, program, or staff represents the official institutional determination of residency for the University of Oregon.

Our Residency FAQs contain more information, but here are the key considerations in deciding if a student is an Oregon resident for tuition purposes:

• Establishment of a domicile in Oregon for a period of twelve months or more prior to the beginning of the term for which residency is sought.
• Financial dependence on an Oregon resident or financial independence.
• Primary purpose for being in Oregon other than to obtain an education.
• Nature and source of financial resources.
• Various indicia of residency, such as ownership of a primary residence, permanent Oregon employment, payment of Oregon income taxes.

After reading the FAQs you can also read the residency rules we follow.

For more information, contact University of Oregon residency officer Brian Stanley at (541) 346-3201, or toll free: (800) 232-3825 or by e-mail at bstanley@uoregon.edu.