I was a student in college in another state from Jan 2025 to May 2025 then moved back home to my home state. Do I check the box that I lived out of state?

[xmasbaby0]

Did you earn any income while you were away at school?   If you did not earn any income you do not say you lived in another state.   Living away at school is considered to be a "temporary absence" from home and your parents who claim you as a dependent can still say you lived at home with them.

If you had a job while you were away at school and made money in that other state, you will need to prepare a non-resident tax return for that state, and a resident return for the "home" state.

[MinhT1]

No.

Time away for education is a temporary absence which does not count as living away from home.

Please read this IRS document.

[Hal_Al · Accepted solution]

Q. Do I check the box that I lived out of state?

A. No. Being an out of state student is only a temporary absence from you home state. This is particularly true, in your case, where you have actually returned to you state of residence. 

Even if you need to check the box that "you earned money in another state", you say no to the "lived in" another state question.  

You would also answer no to the  earned money in another state question, if the school location state is "reciprocal" with your home state.