Yes. You can claim your child as a dependent if she lived with you for more than half the year in 2016 and if she meets the IRS definition of a student. Additionally, there are other requirements that you would need to meet.
Please
refer to page 13 of Pub 501, under the headings, "student defined",
"full time student", and "school defined", to determine if your child meets the IRS definition
of a student. https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p501.pdf
Additionally, please refer to the chart on page
12 of pub 501 to see if you meet the requirements to claim your child as a qualifying child. Please note that there are requirements listed above the qualifying
child and qualifying relative sections, and those requirements must be met as
well. https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p501.pdf.
If she doesnt qualify as your dependent, then she would be the only one who could claim an education benefit.
