Um… “public university” and “state school” mean the same thing. They receive significant funding from the state they are located in. In-state students generally get preferential admissions and pay lower tuition (because the tuition is subsidized by the state’s taxpayers). Just because it doesn’t have the state name in the name of the school does NOT mean it isn’t a “state school”. Purdue IS a state school, just as surely as UCs or CSUs are state schools.