In-State vs. Out-of-State Enrollment

[StPaulDad]

I don’t think the large state-small state formula holds water. Pennsylvania is the 5th largest state in population, and Penn State’s undergraduate student body is 34% OOS, according to its latest CDS. Michigan is the 10th largest state by population and the University of Michigan’s undergrads are 41% OOS. Virginia is the 12th largest state and UVA’s undergrads are 28% OOS. Nor do these states have “bad secondary schools”; they’re all well above the national average in HS seniors’ ACT scores.

You missed (and made) my point: those states don’t offer much aid to out of state students because they have plenty of in-state kids with high scores and quite enough OOS apps. There’s no challenge filling those schools with outstanding students.