Exceptions and Tuition Categories

You may be eligible for Colorado residency if your parents had a Colorado domicile for four or more years and then moved to another state after you completed your junior year of high school. This is only applicable if you enrolled at a Colorado public college or university within three years and six months after your parents left Colorado. Please contact the Office of Admissions for the appropriate form and documentation that will need to be submitted prior to the first day of your first semester.

If your employer moved their company operations to Colorado as a result of receiving an incentive from the Colorado Office of Economic Development, you may be eligible for Colorado residency for tuition purposes. The employee (you) must have been employed by the employer prior to the relocation and show you have established a domicile in Colorado. Please contact the Office of Admissions for the appropriate form and documentation that will need to be submitted prior to the first day of your first semester.

Dependents of new faculty members (but NOT the faculty member or the spouse) at a state-supported institution of higher education are eligible for Colorado residency for tuition purposes. A faculty member is defined as academic faculty with regular and special appointments of 50% time or greater. Adjunct faculty and Administrative Professionals are not eligible. A dependent child must be an unmarried, undergraduate student and under the age of 23 on or before the first day of class. Please contact the Office of Admissions for the appropriate form and documentation that will need to be submitted prior to the first day of your first semester.

A student who meets the below criteria is eligible for in-state tuition classification. This includes U.S. Citizens, permanent residents and students without lawful immigration status. A student can qualify for resident tuition regardless of emancipation, parent domicile or parent citizenship.

• The student attended a public or private high school in Colorado for at least one year immediately preceding graduation or earning a GED and
• The student has been present in Colorado for at least 12 consecutive months prior to enrolling at CSU Pueblo

In-state student status can be granted to a child who moves to Colorado during their senior year of high school as the result of their parent or legal guardian taking a job that requires relocating to Colorado. The child must be a legal resident of the US and must have moved with their parents or legal guardian to CO during their senior year of high school and then graduated from a CO public high school. Please contact the Office of Admissions for the appropriate form and documentation that will need to be submitted prior to the first day of your first semester.