Certificate of Residency

To qualify for in-state tuition rate, you are required by NYS Education Law to submit  a certificate of residence (COR), once every year, to the SUNY CCC Student Accounts office indicating that you have been a legal resident of New York State for 1 year and of a county for 6 months.  A certificate of residence from your home county is the only proof of residence that allows you to pay the in-state tuition rate. Currently (Fall 2025) the in-state tuition rate is scholarshipped.  

For NYS residents, the per credit hour non-resident tuition fee will be charged to any student who has not submitted a valid certificate of residency application or certificate.  The Fall 2025 fee is $163 per cr.

New York counties will issue certificates any time between (a) two months prior to the student’s registration date (not the start of classes) and (b) 30 days after the start of classes.

For Chemung, Schuyler, Steuben, and Tioga Counties, typically, the high school/BOCES collects the COR Application below, conveys those to the ACE Office at SUNY CCC, and the ACE Office sends the applications to the counties. For HSCEO students, the application form below may be submitted to the ACE Office: ace@corning-cc.edu.

Certificate of Residence Application 2025-2026

For Allegany and Livingston Counties, typically, your school will submit your completed application form to those counties and send the Certificates to the ACE Office. 

For all other NY counties, please follow their instructions for submitting the Certificate of Residency application: https://www.corning-cc.edu/current-students/certificate_of_residence.php

Step 1.  Follow the instructions for your county to complete an application. Some of the counties have their own applications, and some allow you to use the College's standard application.  (see above for CCC's ACE Certificate of Residency application).

Step 2.   Submit your application to your county per the instructions for your county.  

Step 3.  Check your student account (My Corning/Student Resources/My Banner/Student & Financial Aid/Student Account/Online Payment & Billings/Transactions) 2 weeks after submitting your application to the county.  If the non-resident tuition fee has not yet been credited to your student account, follow up with the county to ensure that a COR has been issued and sent to the College.  

If the County returns the Certificate to you - please submit the actual certificate issued by your county (not the application) to Student Accounts in person or via:

Email:   COR@corning-cc.edu

Mail:     SUNY Corning Community College
             Attn: Student Accounts
             1 Academic Drive
             Corning, NY 14830

Important: keep copies of all documents that you submit for your records.

Waivers can be obtained for those students residing in NY who have not lived in NYS for at least a year. Please email ace@corning-cc.edu for more information.