<p>Lets make a topic for those who want to go to a public unviersity, but out of state. Ive heard Univ. of Michigan is good for a public university for OOS students.</p>
<p>Good thread idea. I, too, am interested in schools like Michigan or UVA, but I worry about OOS aid.</p>
<p>University of Wyoming. If you can handle the cold.</p>
<p>I don’t know of any. Alot of Midwest campuses say they are making efforts to recruit out of state students but I haven’t seen it pan out as far as aid in concerned.</p>
<p>Public colleges mostly take OOS students for the extra dollars. It’s unusual to get much money from an OOS public.</p>
<p>True, University of Washington-pretty much 0 extra$$ for OOS.</p>
<p>University of Arizona, and arizona state. they give a lot of scholarship to out of state to attract brilliant students.</p>
<p>University of Alabama gives out automatic full tuition scholarships for 32+ ACT with a 3.5+ weighted GPA.</p>
<p>University of Minnesota is like $12,000 for OOS students. Probably one of the best deals in the country.</p>
<p>University of South Carolina offers instate tuition plus scholarships for OOS with good SATs and grades. And I was not kidding about Wyoming. Their OOS scholarships are amazing. But, well, it’s very cold in Laramie.</p>
<p>As other posters have pointed out, usually the financial aid available for OOS students at public universities is minimal. So, in the absence of scholarships such as those noted above, the actual sticker price is what you’ll have to pay. Fortunately, even some of the stronger state universities have relatively reasonable sticker prices for OOS students. So if you don’t like your in-state public universities or just want to try another part of North America, there are options.</p>
<p>RonPaul<em>2012 already noted the University of Minnesota. Tuition and fees there are actually $14,756 per year for 2008-2009. See [Costs and tuition](<a href=“Costs | Twin Cities One Stop Student Services”>http://onestop.umn.edu/finances/costs</a></em>and_tuition/index.html) This is still a bargain compared to most universities.</p>
<p>The State University of New York is another option. Even after a recent increase, OOS tuition and fees are approximately $15K per year. (The total amount varies depending on the specific campus.) Instead of having one giant flagship, the SUNY system has multiple solid schools. Binghamton has the highest ranking by most accounts. Geneseo is a public LAC, something most states don’t have.</p>
<p>If you’re willing to try another country, international tuition at Canadian universities is often cheaper than OOS tuition at US public universities. McGill, the University of Toronto and the University of British Columbia would probably be Tier 1 universities in the United States. It’s less of a hassle for an American to study in Canada than you would think. Obtaining a study permit usually isn’t difficult. Also, after one year of study in Canada, a student can generally work off-campus part-time during the academic year and full-time during academic breaks.</p>
<p>Interestingly, in a handful of states, OOS or International tuition and fees at one of the universities noted above isn’t much more expensive than in-state tuition and fees at the flagship public university.</p>
<p>I can only speak to generous merit (not financial) aid for good students. I’ll add these to the list, based on my daughters’ experience (from full tuition to a full ride):</p>
<p>University of Alabama
University of Arkansas
University of Mississippi (Ole Miss)
Truman State University (Missouri)</p>
<p>Obviously, this is a short list. There are many more.</p>
<p>Some states will give in-state tuition to residents of neighboring/contiguous states if they meet test and gpa standards. In some cases, those are fairly minimal (Arkansas, for example). Many of the western states are part of a consortium in which students from members states enroll at in-state rates. I think it is a better approach to look at schools that may interest you and then thoroughly investigate what they may offer OOS students in the way of automatic discounts, merit aid at the university level, merit aid at the college or department level. The rules will be different for different students, depending on where you live and sometimes what you are planning to major in.</p>
<p>The US News “Best Colleges” online edition has detailed financial aid statistics for each ranked school, include breakdowns of the percentages of in-state and OOS students receiving both need-based and non-need-based aid, and the average award per student. Here, for example, at the stats on 6 prominent public universities:</p>
<p>OOS % of undergraduate student body:
UC Berkeley 10%
UVa 28%
UCLA 4%
U Michigan 32%
UNC Chapel Hill 17%
U Wisconsin 32%</p>
<p>% of OOS students receiving need-based gift aid:
UC Berkeley 30%
UVa 24%
UCLA 22%
U Michigan 22%
UNC Chapel Hill 35%
U Wisconsin 15%</p>
<p>Average OOS need-based gift aid award:
UC Berkeley $14,504
UVa $20,020
UCLA $14,464
U Michigan $12,231
UNC Chapel Hill $15,838
U Wisconsin $5,585</p>
<p>% of OOS students receiving non-need-based gift aid:
UC Berkeley 21%
UVa 17%
UCLA 16%
U Michigan 42%
UNC Chapel Hill 12%
U Wisconsin 22%</p>
<p>Average OOS non-need-based award:
UC Berkeley $15,964
UVa $11,628
UCLA $14,278
U Michigan $11,461
UNC Chapel Hill $7,426
U Wisconsin $8,712</p>
<p>Thus it appears the top publics do provide some financial aid to OOS students, though the UCs enroll very small numbers of OOS students. Of these schools, UNC Chapel Hill appears to be the most generous toward OOS with need-based gift aid (measured by the percentage receiving aid X the size of the award), while the University of Michigan gives by far the most non-need based (merit) awards.</p>