<p>So, college is expensive, unfortunately. And for those of us, like me, that worked really hard in high school and can't afford an education at a prestigious liberal arts school, there are HONORS COLLEGES!</p>
<p>Do you know of any good ones?
I know of the UMass Amherst Commonwealth college, and thats about it. If you could inform all of those like me about them, that would be greatly appreciated!</p>
<p>University of Houston
UNC-Asheville
OSU</p>
<p>Thank you! Do the other UNC’s have them too?</p>
<p>University of South Carolina…ranked number 1 public university honors program. Everyone in honors gets some scholarship, many give OOS students reduced or instate tuition rates. Bonus if you’re a NMF…automatic scholarship that can be stacked with other scholarships.</p>
<p>St. Mary’s College of Maryland is an honors college. University of Maryland Baltimore County is a good school with some very nice science and engineering programs; it also has some merit money.</p>
<p>There’s a book that reviews many of the honors colleges at public universities:</p>
<p>[Amazon.com:</a> A Review of Fifty Public University Honors Programs (Volume 1) (9780615642468): John Willingham: Books](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Review-Public-University-Honors-Programs/dp/0615642462]Amazon.com:”>http://www.amazon.com/Review-Public-University-Honors-Programs/dp/0615642462)</p>
<p>Alabama Honors College
Arizona Honors College
Arizona State, Barrett Honors College
Arkansas Honors College
Auburn Honors College
Binghamton Honors Program
Clemson, Calhoun Honors College
Colorado Honors Program
Connecticut Honors Program
Delaware Honors Program
Florida Honors Program
Georgia Honors Program
Georgia Tech Honors Program
Illinois, Campus Honors Program (CHP)
Indiana, Hutton Honors College
Iowa Honors Program
Iowa State Honors Program
Kansas Honors Program
Maryland, Honors College
Massachusetts, Commonwealth Honors College
Michigan, LSA Honors Program
Michigan State Honors College
Minnesota Honors Program
Mississippi, Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College (SMBHC)
Missouri Honors College
Nebraska, UNL Honors Program
North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Honors Carolina
North Carolina State Honors Program
Ohio State, Honors & Scholars Program
Oregon, Clark Honors College
Penn State, Schreyer Honors College
Pitt Honors College
Purdue Honors Program
Rutgers, SAS Honors Program
South Carolina Honors College
Stony Brook Honors Program
Texas A&M Honors Program
UC Davis, Davis Honors Challenge, ISHP Program
UC Irvine, Campuswide Honors Program
UCLA Honors Program
UC San Diego, Earl Warren Honors, Eleanor Roosevelt Honors
UC Santa Barbara Honors Program
University at Buffalo Honors College
UT Austin, Plan II Honors Program
Vermont Honors College
Virginia, Echols Scholars Program
Virginia Tech Honors Program
Washington Honors Program
Washington State Honors College
Wisconsin, L&S Honors Program</p>
<p>@BobWallace
Thats really helpful, thanks! Any one’s you recommend?</p>
<p>uconn and maryland have fantastic honors programs</p>
<p>School of Creative Studies at Santa Barbara is fantastic. It’s called “graduate school for undergraduates.” In science, you pretty much go right into research. Highly selective though, only a handful of kids admitted each year into the various programs. </p>
<p>[College</a> of Creative Studies, UC Santa Barbara](<a href=“http://www.ccs.ucsb.edu/]College”>http://www.ccs.ucsb.edu/)</p>
<p>mulrini13 -</p>
<p>In some cases out-of-state tuition and fees will make these institutions as expensive as a private college for students who aren’t in-state residents. Do read through the details carefully, and go check out the threads on guaranteed merit-based scholarships in the Financial Aid Forum to find more affordable options.</p>
<p>Fordham University has a great honors program, but it is very competitive to get in. I believe people in this program generally get a full tuition scholarship or close to it.</p>
<p>What is your home state? Other cost-effective suggestions are state programs that don’t charge significantly more for OOS.</p>
<p>I’m from Mass, so I heard the Commonwealth Honors College at UMASS Amherst is good. Thanks a lot everyone!</p>
<p>U of Pittsburgh has a fairly strong Honors Program. Out of State scholarships, I believe, exist when you get an admission into the program. Check it out. And it is strong school to begin with.</p>
<p>What is your financial situation? Are you looking for merit scholarships? OOS public can be expensive because they don’t usually give much/any need-based aid, but some will give large scholarships for stats.</p>
<p>*SCORES:</p>
<p>*ACT-32-without studying, going to re-take in sept
SAT-1980-bad, going to take in oct
CR: 630
math: 660
Writing: 690</p>
<p>Alabama has an excellent honors college and you’d qualify for free tuition with your ACT 32 as long as you apply by Dec 1st. The app is online now; so is the scholarshp app. The scholarship is assured for your stats, but students must submit the scholarship app. </p>
<p>Your admittance into Bama’s Honors College is also assured for your stats. </p>
<p>UPitt is now requiring very high stats for tuition scholarships.</p>
<p>i would add the sci/tech honors program at UAB in alabama… they have 3 other honors programs but i dont have any personal knowledge of them…your stats give you automatic merit there, but honors programs require an interview and are selective…so not necessarily automatic…your stats give you a very strong chance though</p>
<p>The University of Michigan:</p>
<p>[Michigan</a> LSA Honors Program, Number 1 in Overall Excellence | Public University Honors](<a href=“http://publicuniversityhonors.com/2012/04/24/michigan-lsa-honors-program-number-1-in-overall-excellence/]Michigan”>http://publicuniversityhonors.com/2012/04/24/michigan-lsa-honors-program-number-1-in-overall-excellence/)</p>
<p>The leading public university honors programs in OVERALL EXCELLENCE are the following:</p>
<ol>
<li>University of Michigan</li>
<li>University of Virginia</li>
<li>University of Texas at Austin</li>
<li>University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill</li>
<li>Arizona State University</li>
</ol>
<p>[New</a>! Top Programs! | Public University Honors](<a href=“http://publicuniversityhonors.com/new-top-programs-by-category/]New”>Top Honors Programs! - Public University Honors)</p>
<p>So, college is expensive, unfortunately. And for those of us, like me, that worked really hard in high school and can’t afford an education at a prestigious liberal arts school, there are HONORS COLLEGES!</p>
<p>What are your parents saying about what they can afford? </p>
<p>Some OOS publics will cost as much or nearly as much as a Liberal Arts school. </p>
<p>And, some Honors Colleges have very competitive admissions…accepting students who’re highly competitive for elites. </p>
<p>I think when people recommend schools, they should indicate what stats are needed for acceptance to those Honors Colleges, and what stats are needed to get a good amount of merit scholarships (at least enough to make the school’s cost comparable to the OP’s instate publlc…UMass.)</p>
<p>Schools like Penn St, UT-Austin, UMich, etc, may have very good honors colleges, but they aren’t often afffordable to OOS students since they either don’t give much need-based aid, or they don’t give much merit aid. Since the student is saying that LACs aren’t affordable, then likely paying pricey OOS public costs won’t be either.</p>
<p>Michigan and Virginia also fall into that expensive for OOS students. I don’t know about the others in post 18.</p>