At any public Texas university, students can qualify for an out-of-state waiver if they receive a competitive scholarship (from the university itself) of $1,000 or more per year. I received this waiver as a Freshman applicant to the University of North Texas ($5,000 per year for ACT) and as a Transfer applicant (because I did not go as a Freshman) to the University of North Texas ($3,000 per year called “Transfer Scholarship I”).
Sorry, I don’t really get what this means. What happens when they give you a fee waiver for the tuition? Is the application free or is this all tuition free schools?
It means that even though you live out of state, you will pay in-state tuition. Some of these programs do also offer some extra aid, but that’s not required.
Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville charges MO, KY, IN, WI, IA, KY, and AR residents in-state tuition.
What if you are a U.S. Citizen currently studying high school abroad, with excellent High School grades, can you get out of state waiver?
Which states are more willing to waive OOS tuition?
Thanks
Hi Bob Wallace! I have used your list and was just wondering if any updates have been made for 2015. D is applying to Univ of Oklahoma, theater major, received small merit aid (for which we are very grateful) and has to audition to be accepted to drama school and possibly get talent scholarship. Would love to at least pay instate instead of OOS. A friend said to ask the school about this, but I’m thinking we will be told this is a policy decision rather than a discretionary one. I’m thinking she may get a bit more merit $ because of her final grades and ACT, but not totally counting on it.
Ohio University splits tuition into two pieces: “tuition” (approx $11,500) plus an “out of state surcharge” (approx $9000). If you are admitted to the Honors Tutorial College, your “tuition”)in-state amt) should be covered, leaving only the out-of-state surcharge. BUT you also qualify for the Ohio Trustee Award which covers part of the out of state surcharge. It’s a sliding scale from $1000 to $7000, depending on academic merit. But since it starts with an ACT score of 22 (or SAT 1020), if you have a much higher score, your entire tuition bill will be only a few thousand dollars, better than having the out of state portion covered. These are four-year renewable scholarships.
BTW, the Ohio Trustee Award applies whether you are admitted to HTC or not, and there are other merit scholarships as well.
University of Montevallo (Montevallo, Alabama) - Out of State Tuition Waiver
Requirements: minimum 23 ACT
http://www.montevallo.edu/admissions/undergraduate-admissions/out-of-state/
Auburn University at Montgomery - “AUM State Scholarship”
Requirements: 20 ACT (950 SAT) and 3.0 GPA, eligible students awarded scholarship to reflect in-state tuition
http://go.aum.edu/cost
Thanks @ashermitchell
“At any public Texas university, students can qualify for an out-of-state waiver if they receive a competitive scholarship (from the university itself) of $1,000 or more per year. I received this waiver as a Freshman applicant to the University of North Texas ($5,000 per year for ACT) and as a Transfer applicant (because I did not go as a Freshman) to the University of North Texas ($3,000 per year called “Transfer Scholarship I”).”
Can anyone else confirm this? Any public Texas university? Sounds too good to be true.
This is true, im not sure if the tuition changes is automatic or competitive though
This thread is older, but I wanted to clarify this statement for the flagship university UT Austin:
Here are some links from UT Austin site that clarify that OOS Tuition Waivers are EXTREMELY competitive and limited.
http://www.engr.utexas.edu/undergraduate/scholarships/outofstate