<p>is there a large OOS population? i want a diverse campus.</p>
<p>I think that I have read that there is a 30% oos population.</p>
<p>that sucks…</p>
<p>What sucks?</p>
<p>that only 30% is out of state</p>
<p>Have you looked at the OOS tuition? You have to be pretty wealthy or be able to gets LOTS of financial aid to attend Pitt if coming OOS. For us, it wouldn’t have made sense to go to Pitt without the full scholarship. It would have been cheaper to attend our state flagship. It is about the same percentage at our state flagship – they are required to accept a certain amount of in-state students versus OOS thus it is uber competitive for those students. Heck, it is super competitive for in-state students too!</p>
<p>30% is good. It used to be much less.</p>
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Compared to which college in Maryland that has greater than 30% OOS?</p>
<p>The SUNY schools in NY are about $ 17,000 for in state students.</p>
<p>Without scholarship $$ Pitt would not make sense, but with the Full Tuition scholarship he got it is way less and he prefers it to the SUNY schools.</p>
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<p>30% is actually an extremely large OOS population. At most state universities I think the number of OOS students is usually less than 10%. One of the main functions of every public school (undergraduate, anyway) is to educate the residents of the state they’re in, so it’s to be expected to have the majority be IS.</p>
<p>Pennsylvania is a very large state and has quite a bit of diversity within the state: cities, small towns, country. I think many of the students are from the northeast and mid-Atlantic regions, but you will find students from all over.</p>
<p>The latest Pitt grad to be awarded a Rhodes Scholarship (this year) is from Lawrence, Kansas.</p>
<p>I believe there is some sort of law that states that state schools cannot have have more than 30 percent OOS; at least that’s what I believe the rule is at University of Maryland. I don’t know if it is nationwide, however.</p>
<p>No, there’s no nationwide law. It’s a state by state thing. Some schools acknowledge that the quality of the education can be enhanced by having a diverse student body, and geography is part of that. Similarly, states like Delaware have low populations, and they actively court OOS students to fill seats (and pay the higher tuition, of course). Other states, like Virginia, limit the number of OOS kids by law.</p>