What is conditional residency?
Conditional residency allows an independent person who is living in Ohio and is employed in Ohio on a full-time or part-time and self-sustaining basis to enroll as an in-state student on a part-time basis, even if they have not resided in the state for 12 months. Conditional residents must be able to demonstrate that they are self-supporting solely on their current employment income. In determining whether or not a student qualifies for conditional residency, financial aid, savings, or other sources of income (i.e. VA benefits, social security) cannot be considered as income contributing to a student’s self-supporting status. Conditional residents may not register for more than eleven (11) hours if they are undergraduate students or nine (9) hours for graduate students, or they be will be billed as a non-resident for all hours. To be reviewed for possible conditional residency eligibility, complete the Conditional Residency Application and submit the completed form and all required doc
