Student TAP Coach - Out-of-State Study

New York State student financial assistance is provided for students who meet eligibility criteria and are matriculated at an eligible college or university located in New York State.

Under certain circumstances, you may be eligible for a State award when studying in another state or another country.

As defined in regulations, “to be considered in attendance at a school in New York State, the student must either be matriculated at that school, or must be registered at that school under permit from another school in New York State at which the student is regularly matriculated.”

If you attend an out-of-state college, the instruction may be considered as in-state study “only if [you are] required to pay all tuition and instructional fees for such foreign or out-of-state study to the approved New York State institution.”

The regulation further specifies that “To be approved, an off-campus study program must be an integral part of the curriculum of the New York State institution, and tuition must be payable to the school and received by the school in the same manner as tuition charged for any other school program. If [you pay] tuition or educational fees to an out-of-state institution, [you] shall be considered as receiving instruction provided by that institution, notwithstanding the fact that [you] may be maintaining registration in a New York State institution, or that the New York State institution may also be charging [you] a fee for supervisory, guidance, or administrative services.”

For example, you are matriculated at a New York State college and have an opportunity to take your junior year abroad in Italy. Providing the courses you take are approved by your college, the courses are fully creditable to your degree requirements at the New York State college, and you pay all tuition and fees to your New York State college, the foreign study is eligible for State student aid.

Another example of generally eligible out-of-state study is a semester or year of study offered and conducted by a New York State institution in another state or country.