Hello! I know some colleges have guaranteed merit scholarships, and I was looking for some large schools that give out merit. I know of Alabama and UNM, but I was wondering if there are any others I could look into. Since I live in PA, many in-state schools are incredibly expensive. Are there any other schools like UNM and Alabama that give money to OOS students?
Not many that guarantee merit, but many schools do offer merit scholarships to the very top candidates.
Iowa State offers guaranteed merit scholarships to OOS students. My son will be attending in the fall as an OOS student. Here’s the information for PA residents: http://www.admissions.iastate.edu/scholarships/freshman.php?state_id=PA
There are at least several dozen but very few show up among the most 50 “I’ll just weep if I can’t go there” schools. Also, not too many guarantee full tuition, but a few will automatically reduce tuition to in state rates then add automatic scholarships to that.
In general directionals from Midwest, great plains, and non Colorado mountain states are likely candidates. Bowling Green and Toledo, as I recall seemed more affordable than most, as did Ferris, Western, Lake Superior, and one or two others in MI. WV might be closer and worth some research time.
If it’s the difference between going and not going, go.
Are you a National Merit Finalist or will be?
If so:
http://nmfscholarships.yolasite.com/
Also:
http://automaticfulltuition.yolasite.com/
These lists aren’t updated so may become outdated so please check the website of each college.
Look here:
http://automaticfulltuition.yolasite.com/
also if you are a high stats kids you might look into competitive scholarships
http://competitivefulltuition.yolasite.com/
UT Dallas offers good merit to OOS students based on stats
http://aes.utdallas.edu/prospective-freshmen/awards
So you live in PA. What is the matter with Pitt? Or Temple? Those are your instate excellent price options.
Why OOS?
What is your budget, and do you have good stats?
Big merit comes from Alabama and the other usual names. A merit award that brings the price down to in-state full-pay is more common (not widespread, but not impossible to find either)
If you can afford full-pay in-state, start with schools that are good for your major and read the admissions web pages carefully. Look in the midwest and the south, rather than coastal states.
@thumper1 Pitt and Temple are both over $30,000 a year COA for instate students.
@kidzncatz I know…but Pitt and Temple are cheaper than Penn State!
This student needs to look at one of the regional PA campuses…maybe someplace where they can commute.
@thumper1 Pitt’s tuition is higher than Penn State’s. Temple’s is about $2000 lower. The only somewhat-affordable public options in PA are the PASSHE schools and community colleges. Depending on stats and EFC, the OP may receive better financial aid offers at some of PA’s many private colleges. However, most of them are small and the OP, like my daughter, prefers a large school. My daughter will be attending West Chester, as Temple (her favorite) was just too expensive for our family.
This year…the cost of attendance at Pitt is $34,000 or so.
Cost at Penn State is $36,400 or so.
Really pretty close…but Penn State is more expensive.
But it doesn’t matter…as this student sounds like those costs are still too high.
I grew @kidzncatz the PASSHE schools should,get a look…especially if the student can commute to one.
What can your parents afford to pay? What’s your EFC?
I’m from PA. I wouldn’t let my son go to a PASSHE school if he was able to avoid it.
@MSMead Some of us (with a student with good but not great stats, FAFSA EFC of 0) have little choice: it’s PASSHE or community college, then transfer to PASSHE.
Look into Arizona State University / Barrett Honors College
Yes. That’s why I mentioned “if he could avoid it”. The OP hasn’t mentioned his stats so who knows. Pitt and Penn State are very expensive as an in-state school. We are paying the same amount for an out of state private with his scholarship. PA is unfortunate that its “more recognized” schools are very expensive in and out of state. My son would have paid even less at VA Tech had he chosen it.
OP has posted before. Unless something changed, EFC is 30K, but parents will not provide any money at all.
@AroundHere I think that is a different poster…whose parents will pay $30,000.
This OP wrote this:
carmen00
03-22-2017 at 11:12 pm in Syracuse University
@thumper1 @MSMead @kidzncatz I would like to avoid going to a PASSHE school if I can. I plan to go into PR, and none of them that I’ve looked at had a communications program that appealed to me at all. PASSHE is a good option financially, but I feel that I would benefit academically going elsewhere.
I would love to go to Penn State, but obviously that is completely unaffordable. For Pitt, they really don’t have that communications school that I’m looking for. I am going to apply to Temple, but since they don’t offer any guaranteed scholarships, I can’t count on it being affordable.