<p>I am an OOS student who wants to go up north for college. Could someone rank Wisconsin, Purdue, Indiana, Illinois and Minnesota in terms of financial aid for out of state students?</p>
<p>Minnesota offers some decent merit-scholarships for out of state applicants, but for high scores–I don’t know about need.</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure both Wisconsin and Minnesota are reasonably cheap compared to say, UMichigan, for OOS students though.</p>
<p>None of them will give anything beyond Federal Financial Aid (Stafford) to OOS students. However, some will give merit aid to high scoring students. What are your stats?</p>
<p>The cost and FA data below is now two years old, but this gives some idea of the relative cost and how the institution provides FA.</p>
<p>OOS Cost, % of OOS students, % of ALL students getting aid, % of need met,</p>
<p>$25,756, 6%, 50%, 67 U Illinois
$22,270, 32%, 32%, 77% U Wisconsin
$25,118, 39%, 48%, 95% Purdue
$15,542, 26%, 51%, 86% U Minnesota
$26,160, 34%, 43%, 72%, Indiana U</p>
<p>You need more current data. Here’s the latest:</p>
<p>[Costs</a> and Aid - Office of Admissions at the University of Wisconsin-Madison](<a href=“http://www.admissions.wisc.edu/costs.php]Costs”>http://www.admissions.wisc.edu/costs.php)
[Purdue</a> University - Tuition & Fees](<a href=“Learn about Purdue University - Undergraduate Admissions - Purdue University”>Learn about Purdue University - Undergraduate Admissions - Purdue University)
[University</a> of Illinois Financial Aid: Undergraduate Non-Resident 2010-2011 Cost](<a href=“http://www.osfa.uiuc.edu/cost/undergrad/nonres_1011.html]University”>http://www.osfa.uiuc.edu/cost/undergrad/nonres_1011.html)
[Costs</a> and Aid](<a href=“http://admissions.tc.umn.edu/costsaid/]Costs”>http://admissions.tc.umn.edu/costsaid/)
[Office</a> of Student Financial Assistance : Cost of Attendance](<a href=“http://www.indiana.edu/~sfa/receiving/cost.html]Office”>http://www.indiana.edu/~sfa/receiving/cost.html)</p>
<p>I don’t know about need-based aid, but Minnesota has some good merit aid. There is some at Purdue as well, though not much big aid. Illinois and Wisconsin are very stingy with merit aid for OOS. I don’t know about Indiana.</p>
<p>Are you likely to become a National Merit [Semi-]Finalist?</p>
<p>Hawkette’s figures are just for tuition.</p>
<p>Most UW OOS merit and grant aid goes to URMs. FA is being increased rapidly but the exact impact is hard to say. Most will be need based. But UW is well worth the price compared to the others.</p>
<p>Thank you guys for your help! I’m from the south so I don’t know too much about these schools, I’m trying to do a little research before I consider applying!</p>
<p>My stats aren’t great. 1860 on the PSAT so nowhere near NMF! I took the SAT in June and I’m hoping for a 1900+. I’m a URM, and heavily involved in extracurriculars. </p>
<p>I would like to hear everyone’s opinion on this as well- is it worth it to go out of state and pay significantly more for an education that may only be slightly better?</p>
<p>Imo, probably not, unless your instate choices don’t offer the program/field you’re looking for. What are your instate choices? Are you likely to qualify for any need based financial aid and how much, per year, is your family planning to contribute to your education? What would make the education OOS better - a specific program or is this just a desire to experience a larger school/different region? If you post a bit more info, you may get more helpful suggestions.</p>
<p>In the meantime, you might look at some of the SUNY schools - NY has relatively low tuition for OOS students and many of the SUNY’s give increased merit aid to OOS kids. If you expect to have a low EFC or are a first-generation college student, you might look at UB’s full tuition Acker scholarship - I think they do award it to some OOS students and the SAT cutoff is 1200.</p>
<p>I live in Texas, and we have pretty good in-state schools. The two schools that I will be applying to are Texas A&M and Texas. The reason I want to go up north is mainly because I’m ready for a huge change, so I guess I just want to experience the region.</p>
<p>My household makes over $100K a year and I’m not a first generation college student, so I probably wouldn’t get much neeed based either.</p>
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<p>Do you think those northern schools you posted above are better than UT or Texas A&M? I don’t think that they are especially when you take into account the cost of OOS.</p>
<p>Here is a link to a list of top public colleges sorted by out of state cost (lowest to highest).</p>
<p>[Kiplinger](<a href=“Kiplinger | Personal Finance News, Investing Advice, Business Forecasts”>Kiplinger | Personal Finance News, Investing Advice, Business Forecasts)[0]=ALL&myschool[0]=none&outputby=table</a></p>
<p>There is also an option to sort by cost after aid</p>
<p>Well most schools offer many scholarships but not everyone is lucky to get one. As for financial aid, UMinn advertise for having cheap tuition while I often read that Indiana University can offer great scholarships and other free debt policies.</p>