<p>As long as U of Illinois remains so expensive and difficult to get into for instate students, IU can raise OOS tuition and fees and still not be hurt by it, as the majority of IU OOS are from Illinois. The real OOS increases came when the automatic scholarships started about six years ago. The first few years after that, IU had 10-11% annual OOS increases, which really ballooned the OOS rates.</p>