<p>While riding the bus to work today, I overheard some people talking that public universities in Ohio have waived the out of state surcharge for Pennsylvania residents. I asked some guidance counselors that I know if that was true. One hadn’t heard anything like that. Another heard that the waiver was for certain programs or certain universities (Youngstown State was mentioned). </p>
<p>Since the people who participate in the College Confidential are pretty sharp, I thought I would ask if anyone had heard such a thing. Just being nebby.</p>
<p>On this side of the state, I can tell you that Univ of Toledo offers Michigan residents in-state tuition. In return, we can go to some of their schools, like Monore Community College, Eastern Michigan Univ. and Oakland Univ., for in-state rates. I’ve heard of other “not-so-popular” schools doing the same thing.</p>
<p>Many public universities rely on their surrounding geographical area for the majority of their student clientele. If they’re in the interior of their state, the surrounding population is all state residents, but if they’re on or near the state’s border, half of their surrounding population is in the next state. In various states, some of the border campuses have the right to extend the in-state tuition rate to residents of the bordering state, or to residents of certain counties in the bordering state that are near their campus.</p>