<p>University of Wyoming -- it even has financial aid for good OOS students</p>
<p>Why don't you try an online college search for schools as well. The best ones are petersons.com, collegeboard.org and myusearch.com. These sites ask you a series of questions and then tell you which schools match your criteria. I'm not sure about the others, but myusearch.com definitely asks you how much you can afford for tuition and it will only give you a list of colleges that you can afford. Hope that helps!</p>
<p>It's getting tough to get a decent deal out of state.</p>
<p>UDelaware has a majority of OOS students, but most merit/need money tends to go to high achievers and in-state students. A lot of the OOSers, I suspect, are coming from PA, since Penn State is expensive.</p>
<p>Depends upon your stats, where you're from, and where you want to go. Many good publics in the Midwest will throw merit money at you if you're from the east or west coast and have a strong gpa and high sat or act score.</p>
<p>A few schools have cut OOS differentials. The University of Minnesota is now $4,000/yr more for OOS than in-state, a real bargain.</p>
<p>Both Nebraska and Kansas (KU) are reasonbly priced for OOS and both offer good merit aid. They are very different schools but both should provide solid academics -- better in some areas than others as is always true. I second the suggestion to look at U Minn. They are actively recruiting OOS students and are a good value.</p>
<p>Wisconsin is actually quite high for OOS and merit aid is relatively lower than other schools.</p>
<p>With privates as expensive as they are, they need to come up with a whole lot of merit money to be comparable. A good public OOS with average merit aid for a good student can be a good deal. I think Salisbury University is a good bet as well as James Madison. I've heard good things about them. Va Tech is also a good one for price.</p>
<p>The Kiplinger's best quality/value list yields two gems to at least check:</p>
<p>Murray State in Kentucky and the University of Minnesota - Morris.</p>
<p>If you are interested in Alabama there are bargains to be had for out of state students at public schools there.</p>
<p>and, as noted, SUNY Binghamton is really a gem.</p>
<p>Texas A&M university has a program for OOS students where if you recieve one thousand dollars in aid from the school or the government you automatically only have to pay in state tuition.</p>
<p>University of Missouri charges about $18,000 tuition for OOS students. However, they have scholarships ranging from $4000 to $5500 for OOS students whose ACT scores range from 26 (I think) to 36 and who are in the top 25% of their class. In addition, it is easy to obtain Missouri state residency after your first year. You just have to reside in the state for 12 consecutive months and earn at least $2000 there. The University actually encourages OOS students to obtain state residency and provides info on how to do it.</p>
<p>I second Kansas University. Cheap price, great school, beautiful little town and loads of fun. Its not a conservative school. Very moderate politically and socially. They will give $$$ for good stats. MU is also a great school and reasonable.</p>
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<li>University of Kansas</li>
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<p>The SUNY schools are cheaper than a lot of the others.</p>
<p>I was under the impression that UVA was relatively cheap out of state- same with Chapel Hill.
I was strongly advised to apply to UVA over Michigan for that reason and I did, lol.</p>
<p>I third the U of Minnesota, even if you don't get reciprocity there are lots of scholarships for in-state tuition and such.</p>
<p>Some bargains for OOS (extracted from USNWR so it's probably last year's rates):</p>
<p>< school > :: < OOS tuition & fees >/< room & board >
U of Minnesota :: 14,636 / 7,280
U of Oregon :: 19,428 / 8,235
U of Iowa :: 20,658 / 7,673
U of Florida :: 21,400 / 7,150
GeorgiaTech :: 21,386 / 9,235
U of Delaware :: 21,126 / 8,478
U of Wisconsin-Madison :: 21,818 / 7,700
UNC-Chapel Hill :: 22,294 / 8,118</p>
<p>IMO Minnesota and UNC-Chapel Hill are the best bargains among this lot.</p>
<p>U of Virginia: In-state is approximately $4,700 per semester. OOS is $14,800 per semester. Definitely a lot more expensive for OOS - talking about almost $30,000 a year and that is without room/board!</p>
<p>The SUNY schools are great bargains for OOS!!</p>
<p>U of Delaware -- lots of OOS students. If your child is in the top 100 or so of their applicant pool, will invite you to their scholars weekend. All invitees get a scholarship of $20,000/year and they offer full rides to approximately 10 or so of the students. Extremely competitive! The $20,000 does not cover the entire OOS tuition perhaps they might boost the amount this year.</p>
<p>Note -- Chapel Hill is a great school and a very good value but they have very tight restrictions on the number of OOS students they admit.</p>
<p>Shepherd University in West Virginia. </p>
<p>But before you do anything with out of state schools, check the Academic Common Market - there may be a chance to get in-state rates in your prefered major at an out-of-state school.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>