FAQ

If your home is in Kentucky, you may qualify for Kentucky residency. Additionally, if one of your parents or legal guardian is a resident of Kentucky, you may qualify for Kentucky residency. If your home is in Ohio, you may qualify for either the Ohio Metro Rate or Ohio Reciprocity. If your home is in Indiana, you may qualify for the Indiana Rate. If you do not qualify for the Ohio Metro Rate, Ohio Reciprocity, or the Indiana Rate you will be charged out-of-state (non-resident) tuition.

This rate is being phased out per changes in the state rules. 

For new enrolled full-time undergraduate students beginning Fall Semester 2017, this Metro Rate is being replaced with the Tuition Incentive Program (TIP).  Contact Office of Student Financial Assistance at NKU for more information about TIP.

Currently enrolled undergraduate students who are continuing their enrollment at NKU and already have the Metro Rate established will be continued forward with the Metro Rate in effect.  

The Metro Rate for graduate level students remains in effect, with no change.

You may qualify for the Ohio Reciprocity rate if you meet all of the following criteria:

If you live in one of the following counties: Adams, Brown, Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Fayette, Hamilton, Highland or Warren County.

If you have earned an associate degree from the University of Cincinnati (including UC Blue Ash and UC Clermont), Cincinnati State Technical and Community College, Clark Community College or Southern State Community College

If you are a first-time bachelor degree-seeking student not seeking a degree in Early Childhood education, Environmental Science, Criminal Justice, Nursing or on-line programs.

If at any time you do not meet all of the above-listed criteria, Ohio Reciprocity may be revoked. At that time, you will be charged out-of-state tuition (non-resident).

If you live in Indiana and are a degree seeking student, you may qualify for the Indiana Rate. Degree seeking residents who live in the following six counties may be eligible: Dearborn, Franklin, Jefferson, Ohio, Ripley, or Switzerland. If at any time you relocate outside of the designated Indiana Rate counties, you will be charged out-of-state tuition (non-resident). If you are not receiving the Indiana Rate please contact the Office of the Registrar at residency@nku.edu. The current Indiana Rate can be found on the Student Account Services website.

If you are not admitted to Northern Kentucky University as a Kentucky resident and you would like to appeal the decision, you will need to fill out and submit the Residency Application (Affidavit). And yes, typically, there is a consideration for time spent living in Ky, of at least one year having elapsed, before the semester of enrollment.  If you have any questions about the application, please contact the Office of the Registrar at residency@nku.edu.

If you have a green card or were admitted to the United States with an Asylum status, you may request a review of residency to be considered for Kentucky residency.

• A member, spouse, or dependent of a member whose domicile and residency was Kentucky when inducted into the Armed Forces of the United States, and who maintains Kentucky as home of record and permanent address, shall be entitled to Kentucky residency status:
  
         a. During the member's time of active service; or
  
         b. If the member returns to this state within six months of the date of the member's discharge from active duty.

• A member of the armed services on active duty for more than thirty (30) days and who has a permanent duty station in Kentucky shall be classified as a Kentucky resident and shall be entitled to in-state tuition, as shall the spouse or a dependent child of the member.

• A member, spouse, or dependent of a member shall not lose Kentucky residency status if the member is transferred on military orders while the member, spouse, or dependent requesting the status is in continuous enrollment at the degree level in which currently enrolled.

• Membership in the National Guard or civilian employment at a military base alone shall not qualify a person for Kentucky residency status. However, beginning with the 2017-2018 academic year, an active member of the Kentucky National Guard who enrolls as a student in a Kentucky public university as a non-Kentucky resident shall be considered a Kentucky resident for tuition purposes

• A person eligible for benefits under the federal Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008, 38 U.S.C. 3301-3325, or any other educational benefits provided under Title 38 of the United States Code shall be entitled to Kentucky resident status for purposes of tuition charged at state-supported institutions.  For additional information regarding Veteran Services, please visit the Veterans Resource Station located in the Student Success Center (UC 131), or at veterans.nku.edu.