<p>I posted something about this in a thread under a specific college. I was wondering under what circumstances public universities would offer out-of-state students in-state tuition. I would imagine that they would offer this discount to academically superior students, as an incentive, but I would think that those types of students would make up the majority of the out-of-state student population, anyway.</p>
<p>For example, I'm considering applying to UVA and UNC, and I was wondering if I had any chance of getting either college of reducing their OOS tutition to in-state tuition for a strong applicant.</p>
<p>Any information or personal experience would be appreciated.</p>
<p>I do not believe UVA or UNC offer any instate tuition incentives to OOS students. They both have competitive scholarships for students that include full tuition…but they are very competitive.</p>
<p>Neither of these schools generally offers instate tuition to OOS students just based on the strength of the student application alone.</p>
<p>You need to ask the school themselves if they give in state rates as a form of a scholarship to some students, and what the qualifications are to be considered for that. I don’t think UVA or UNCCH have any such programs. </p>
<p>Some state schools do offer some reciprocity under certain conditions to kids from other states, or your state may subsidize OOS tuition under certain conditions. Usually this happens if you cannot get the major you want from your own state schools. Again, this is something that is best answered by talking directly to the schools concerned as things can change even if you find a list of such schools. I know that Georgia Tech had that policy.</p>
<p>“Usually this happens if you cannot get the major you want from your own state schools.”</p>
<p>Interesting; I had read about this once, but forgot about it.</p>
<p>Would I be required to attend the public university of a neighboring state?</p>
<p>For example, I live in Mississippi. If I said that I wanted to major in Asian Studies (which I in all honesty really do want to study, but I don’t know if I’d want to major in it), and I was accepted into UNC, would I receive in-state tuition because no school in Mississippi offers a major in Asian Studies?</p>
<p>^Only if Mississippi and NC have an agreement to do so. For instance, in the West there is the Western University Exchange program where participating OOS students pay 1.5x in-state tuition for certain schools. These types of arrangements are established programs, not decisions made on an case by case basis.</p>
<p>The Academic Common Market covers Mississippi, North Carolina and Virginia. However, I don’t think UVA participates, and North Carolina limits participation to graduate programs. </p>
<p>The only publics that 1) I would be interested in and 2) offer Asian Studies also offer scholarships for National Merit Finalists, for which I am a candidate anyway, so that defeats the purpose.</p>
<p>Thanks for the suggestions and the feedback, though.</p>