Michigan law considers you a Michigan resident if you are a student and your intention is to return to Michigan after school is complete. School is considered a temporary absence that does not change your residency. If this describes your situation, you will file a Michigan resident return. Michigan is your domicile state and will give you a credit for the tax you pay to Maryland on the Maryland return.
Whether or not you file a resident or a nonresident return in Maryland depends if you maintained a residence. College housing is not maintaining a residence. If you did maintain a residence, Maryland considers you a statutory resident because you are physically present in Maryland more than 183 days while maintaining a residence in Maryland. If you do not maintain a residence, you are a Maryland nonresident.
Either way, you will prepare the MD return first, and then the MI return so that TurboTax transfers the credit for the tax you pay to MD on your MI return
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