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The Florida Legislature allows state colleges to assess Alabama residents a tuition differential that results in an assessment of tuition that is less than the out-of-state tuition. Pensacola State College provides Alabama residents, meeting the criteria of physical residence and establishment of two legal ties to the State  of Alabama, a fee that is equivalent to the in-state tuition plus an additional $1.00 (at the time of this catalog printing) per credit hour or credit hour equivalent. To be eligible for the Alabama Tuition Differential, the Alabama resident must have maintained legal residence in the State of Alabama for the twelve months immediately preceding the first day of classes in the term for which the differential tuition assessment is requested.

The residence status of a dependent student is considered to be that of the parent or legal guardian of the student. A dependent student is any person who is eligible to be claimed by another person for Internal Revenue purposes. If the student requesting the Alabama Tuition Differential is under the age of twenty-four, Pensacola State College will assume that the student is a dependent, and the parent/legal guardian must request the Alabama Tuition Differential for the dependent. Prospective students interested in the assessment of the Alabama Tuition Differential may submit the request for classification as an Alabama Resident in a registration office on any campus.