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Enter the W-2(s) exactly how it (they) reads - you can have 2 different states listed with the full box 1 income.  You have to mark the box that says she has other state income to generate the nonresident return and avoid W-2 errors.  

You need to prepare 2 state returns - a full year resident state return for her home state and a non-resident state return for her college state.  See the last help article below.   After you enter her W-2 on the federal return, prepare the non-resident (college) state FIRST.  During that state interview, you will be asked how much of the wages belong to that state.   Enter the amount* she earned in that state.   Then prepare her resident state return.  

Her resident state will tax all of the income, but the college state return will only capture *the amount you entered in the step above.  The resident state return will give her a credit for taxes paid to the non-resident state if you prepare the non-resident state first.   

Do I have to file tax returns in more than one state?

Why would I have to file a nonresident state return?

***How do I file a nonresident state return? - Mark the other state income box - she is a full year resident of her home state.