Yavapai College Residency

Residency status affects tuition classification.

Students may request a review of their residency status for tuition purposes. Review the steps, documentation requirements, military veteran information, and Western Undergraduate Exchange options before submitting materials.

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Complete the Residency Review Request in your myYC Experince portal and upload a current driver’s license or state ID.

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Select Tuition/Residency Audit when uploading documents.

Residency Review

How to request a review

Submit the online Residency Review Request

Students who would like to initiate a review of their residency status should complete and submit an online Residency Review Request and upload a copy of their current driver’s license or state ID.

Submitting a request does not guarantee in-state status.

Steps in myYC

  1. Log in through myYC Click the myYC button on the YC homepage.
  2. Open your student profileOpen the navmenu and expand Academics/Students. Click My Student Profile.
  3. Find the form The Residency Review Request Form is located in the section under your picture.
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Military Veterans

Immediate reclassification to Arizona in-state status

For immediate reclassification to Arizona in-state status for tuition purposes, provide Yavapai College with the following documentation:

Required document

  • A copy of your Honorable DD-214 Member 4 document

Also provide one of these

  • A valid Arizona Voter Registration card
  • A valid Arizona Driver’s License

Bring your document(s) in person to the Admission office at the Prescott Campus at (928) 717-7777, or take a clear picture with your phone, scan the appropriate document, and upload using the Secure Upload Link. Select Tuition/Residency Audit for delivery.

Based on the Choice Act, a veteran or spouse/dependent of a veteran discharged with active duty service of 90 days or more and using VA Chapter 30, 31, 33, 35 benefits or the Fry scholarship at Yavapai College may also qualify. Call 928.717.7613 for more information.

Non-Military Residency

Residency requirements for tuition purposes

Residency classification is specific to tuition

The requirements to establish residency for tuition purposes are independent from other types of residency, such as voting or holding public office.

A resident for tuition purposes is someone who meets the requirements for in-state status as defined in the Yavapai College General Catalog and summarized on this page.

Tuition classification as a resident at Yavapai College does not mean that a student will be classified as a resident when transferring to another Arizona university or college.

Four requirements must be met

Students must provide clear and convincing evidence to meet the following requirements:

Most students who are not a citizen, a legal resident of the U.S., or who are without lawful immigration status are not entitled to classification as resident or “in-state” for tuition purposes in Arizona.

Yavapai College will automatically certify citizenship of students with an approved FAFSA.

Review the full list of acceptable Citizenship Documentation.

Arizona high school pathway

If you are a non-citizen who attended an Arizona high school for at least two years and graduated from an Arizona high school, you may be eligible for in-state tuition.

Upload a photo ID using the Secure Upload Link and send an official final transcript from your Arizona high school to:

Yavapai College Office of the Registrar
1100 E. Sheldon St.
Prescott, AZ 86301

DACA students who attended an Arizona high school for at least two years and graduated from an Arizona high school may also be eligible for in-state tuition.

To be eligible for classification as a resident for tuition purposes, you must provide clear and convincing evidence of continuous physical presence in Arizona for the 12 months, also called the domicile year, prior to the term in question.

This presence must be combined with clear and convincing evidence of intent to establish a domicile in Arizona beyond the circumstance of being a student.

Full-time student status at any Arizona post-secondary institution or combination of institutions negates the use of that time to meet the physical presence requirement.

Evidence of intent to be a resident of Arizona is demonstrated by the absence of ties to your former state of residence.

Documentation of intent to become a resident must start at the beginning of the domicile year and be maintained throughout that year.

Examples of evidence may include:

  • Replacing a former state driver’s license with an Arizona Driver’s License or Arizona state ID
  • Arizona motor vehicle registration replacing former state registration, if applicable
  • Employment history
  • Transfer of major banking services to Arizona
  • Change in permanent address on pertinent records
  • Federal and Arizona state income tax records

Additional documentation may be requested.

To be considered financially independent, you need to be self-supporting and not claimed as a dependent by your parents or anyone else on federal or state income taxes for the 12-month domicile year used to demonstrate physical presence.

Financial independence means that you meet your own expenses from self-generated funds under your control. Personal loans and gifts are not acceptable forms of income.

Acceptable forms of income include:

  • Pay stubs
  • W-2s
  • Financial aid
  • Documented inheritance
  • Social Security benefits
  • Veteran’s benefits
  • Federal or Arizona state income tax records

Additional documentation may be requested.

Western Undergraduate Exchange

WUE tuition discount

What WUE provides

The WUE tuition discount is provided to students who have documented with the Registrar’s Office their U.S. citizenship and residency from a state included in the Western Undergraduate Exchange consortium.

Send a scanned copy of your driver’s license and birth certificate using the Secure Upload Link.

This program, sponsored by the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, provides students from participating states the opportunity to enroll in selected two- and four-year undergraduate programs at a reduced tuition rate.

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Select Tuition Residency Audit for delivery.

Qualifying WUE states

  • Alaska
  • California
  • Colorado
  • Hawaii
  • Idaho
  • Montana
  • North Dakota
  • New Mexico
  • Nevada
  • Oregon
  • South Dakota
  • Utah
  • Washington
  • Wyoming

  • Not all programs of study are WUE eligible. Please review the Tuition and Fees page for details.
  • The WUE tuition discount requires students to provide a driver’s license or other evidence of WUE eligibility.
  • Students who do not wish to use the WUE tuition discount, including students who wish to establish in-state residency for tuition purposes, must contact admissions@yc.edu and request non-WUE status by the beginning of the subject term.
  • Receipt of the WUE tuition discount disqualifies students from using the period enrolled toward Arizona residency.