<p>Does anybody know if there are out-of-state enrollment caps at UDel, Temple, UMD, Towson, or James Madison? If so, what are the realistic stats required for admission as an out-of-stater?</p>
<p>It seems that the general admissions stats might offer false encouragement to out-of-state applicants, if the bar is lower for in-state applicants and the out-of-staters are actually competing harder for a limited number of seats. The overall numbers are a blended rate of in-state admits and out-of-state admits. Is there an information source that breaks out admissions stats on that basis?</p>
<p>In terms of actual enrollment, UDel is 68% out-of-staters, Temple is 22% OOS, UMD 33%, Towson 28%, JMU 29% OOS. I don't know that these percentages represent predetermined caps.</p>
<p>Delaware is a tiny state with a bigger school than they need for their own people, clearly the outlier in this matter. University of Rhode Island is 54% OOS. UVM is 73% OOS, UNH 46% OOS, whereas UMass Amherst is only 26% OOS and Rutgers only 11% OOS.</p>
<p>I'm also wondering what the OOS limitations there may be on transfer students, which could be different. If a university is part of an overall state system with community college students moving up, the university may be obligated to earmark open seats for incoming sophomores or juniors at an even higher percentage than for freshmen. But maybe not. Does anybody know where an in-state/OOS breakdown for transfers can be found? Any insight is welcomed.</p>
<p>I know NC caps at 18% out of state and Maryland law is no more than 49%. I think if I’m not mistaken they are laws or bylaws or something legal set by the states individually. I’m guessing just googling the question could answer it for you.</p>
<p>Check the common data sets for each of the schools on your lits…you should be able to find that information. Some states are trying to recruit out of state applicants because of the higher tuition that they pay.</p>
<p>In Virginia the state legislature mandates that at least 2/3 of the student body be state residents, 1/3 can be from OOS (this includes international students).</p>
<p>^ Well…it’s complicated in Texas! By statute, there are basically two categories of admits to UT: (1) roughly 75% of the class are “auto admits,” which for the fall 2013 admissions cycle are Texas residents ranked in the top 8% of their class; and (2) the 25% balance of the class are holistic review admits, which are Texas residents ranked outside the top 8% of their class, OOS and international. The OOS and international admits = non-residents, which are capped at 10% of the freshman class. Obviously, the in-state competition for those few holistic review slots is stiff, as is the OOS and international competition for their limited spaces in the class. To be sure, the average SAT, for example, of holistic review admits (both in-state and non-resident) will be higher than the average SAT of auto admits–historical data suggest about a 100 point spread, so, e.g., considering last year’s freshman class as a whole had an average SAT of 1858, then the average review admit (in-state and non-resident) probably scored 1950+. Similarly, 62% of review admits were in the top 20% of their class. </p>
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<p>A somewhat different tack that may be helpful is to find college-specific profile pages for those universities that require applicants to apply to a major/college, e.g., the college of engineering will probably publish a student profile with average SAT/ACT and rank/GPA of the enrolled freshmen of the class of 2011/15.</p>
<p>But…for fieldsports, yes, if you’ll start with concept searches, you’ll develop a feel for a particular school’s OOS admission scheme. For example, “out of state admission University Delaware” produced these promising hits:</p>
<p>Note, the second hit I got on that search was to U Del’s institutional research home page. That is the place on any university website where you can dig for data. See [Facts</a> and Figures](<a href=“http://www.udel.edu/IR/fnf/]Facts”>Institutional Research and Effectiveness) and poke around the left nav links. </p>
<p>All in all, I predict you’ll have mixed success coming up with exactly what you want, which is to say, feel lucky if you find something that clearly points out exactly how much higher the stats of the average admitted OOS applicant are compared to the stats of residents!</p>
<p>@fieldsports Temple University has no oos enrollment caps that I know of. Temple is not a state run university, and is only “state-related”–only about 15% of its budget comes from the state of PA appropriations.</p>
<p>University of Delaware accepts Delaware resident students under their “commitment to Delawareans” it is much easier to be admitted to UD as a Delaware resident than as an OOS student. 88% of in-state applicants are accepted vs. 57% of OOS. [University</a> of Delaware’s Commitment to Delawareans](<a href=“In-State Students | University of Delaware”>In-State Students | University of Delaware)</p>