<p>So I am an Arkansas resident interested in studying Petroleum engineering and getting instate tuition at an OOS university through the academic common market. I looked at the schools that I can get instate tuition at that have petroleum engineering. The results were LSU and WVU. I would really like to go to University of Oklahoma if I could get instate tuition. None of my state Universities offer petroleum engineering and so my question is: why could I go to LSU and get instate-tuition but not got to University of Oklahoma and study petro Engineering and get instate tuition?? I emailed the ACM but no response yet</p>
<p>Schools choose to be part of the academic common market. If a school chooses not to be part of it…or they choose not to accept students from your state, that is the school’s decision.</p>
<p>Apparently University of Oklahoma does not accept students from your state…or they don’t participate in the academic common market.</p>
<p>No, University of Oklahoma is apart of the ACM but the only majors they offer to Arkansas residents to get instate tuition is Dance and Aerospace engineering. But i know they have petroleum engineering, so im wondering why it is not on the list of majors that Arkansans can major in. </p>
<p>It’s not on the list because University of Oklahoma didn’t choose to include it. The academic common market involvement is at their discretion. They don’t have to include all majors, and often schools don’t. </p>
<p>You need to understand…it costs these schools money to include students at reduced rates. It is very likely that they can fill their petroleum engineering program with instate students (and really, that is their FIRST obligation), or with those who are willing to pay the OOS costs to attend.</p>
<p>You are not from Oklahoma…and the reality is, they don’t owe you participation in any program in the academic common market.</p>
<p>You need to embrace those schools which will welcome you.</p>
<p>Often colleges offer specific majors thru ACM or WUE because they have an excess of unfilled seats in the program. Oklahoma is probably filling all its available seats with either in-state residents or full pay OOS students–so they don’t need to offer PetE at a discounted price.</p>