Western University Exchange allowing you to pay in-state tuition for certain majors at Western schools.
The majors are fairly limited but it does get you a good deal on some schools.
Wisconsin gives poor at best financial aid to OOS students. If you have a low enough EFC to qualify for institutional FA, it likely is enough to make the remaining amount affordable. Check out their NPC.
Why not? All 9 of them? And the 23 CSUs?
It’s actually 150% of the instate rate, which might be cheaper than your own state (i.e. a Colorado student might have instate tuition of $14k at CU, $8k at Wyoming) but it might not be (a Wyoming student would pay $4500 at Wyoming but more than $16k at U of Northern Arizona)
@ucbalumnus I’m looking for a more quality education. By quality I mean somewhat smaller classrooms and teachers that are passionate about teaching their students, not the research with graduate students. UC’s just seem to promote competition rather than a complete learning experience in my eyes
Most state flagship research universities will be similar to the UCs in terms of class sizes and the presence of graduate students (whether or not what you perceive is accurate). In other words, the grass is not necessarily greener elsewhere, even though it is often more expensive elsewhere.
But also note that upper level undergraduate courses tend to be significantly smaller than lower level ones. You can check on-line class schedule for each school to see actual class sizes.
CSUs (and their equivalents elsewhere) are more undergraduate and less research focused.
@Ryanjingle : You are not likely to find small classes at most state universities, and if you want to be taught by professors focusing on undergrads rather than by TAs, you’re talking liberal arts colleges or places like Dartmouth, which do not appear to be options for you. @ucbalumnus makes a very good point about upper level classes, although the flip side of that is that enrollment can be limited. A lot depends on what you think you might major in. If you’re going for a popular major, you are probably going to face crowded classes wherever you go.