out of state Tuition decrease?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Minnesota
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<p>From the umn website,I have seen this:
"** Non-resident students (residents of states other than MN, ND, SD, or WI): Beginning fall semester 2008, a new tuition structure will be put in place for new nonresident students. Nonresident tuition will cost just $2,000 more each semester than Minnesota resident tuition. Using 2007-08 tuition rates as an example, the nonresident rate would be approximately $14,000 - a reduction of more than $7,500 off of the 07-08 nonresident rate of $21,515."</p>

<p>I am in class of 2012,does it mean that I will pay only 14000 tuition?
I am an international student......</p>

<p>21515 is out of reach and 14000 is good....</p>

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<p>sorry to ask the question here</p>

<p>But it seems that the admission officer is too busy to answer my question.
I sent an e-mail 2 weeks ago,but haven't received any reply.</p>

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<p>The passage on the website is pretty clear, what about it don't you understand? If you are not from any of the states that MN has reciprocity with, you pay $2000/semester more than instate tuition whether international or not.</p>

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<p>I am just surprised...
As almost all universities increase their tuitions,umn even decrease it....
It is a good news anyway</p>

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<p>I know it is a pretty good deal and I also think it is amazing that they decreased tuition for internationals and out of state students. I wonder why?</p>

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<p>I am super excited about the decrease :) </p>

<p>Waknor, maybe the school wants to attract more out of state students to gain more diversity? Just a guess, but I think that is probably it.</p>

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<p>Yeah, I think that is what it is all about. The U of M is not that diverse now but I think they want to become more so in the future. But does nayone know of any other colleges/universities that have decreased tuition so much???</p>

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<p>No, but a lot of schools have scholarships that make an out of stater pay equal to in state tuition</p>

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<p>Univ. of Minnesota is aggressively seeking well qualified out-of-state students, as is Ohio State, Alabama and North Dakota.</p>

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<p>Just to clarify, the no was about Waknor's question "Does anyone know of any other colleges/universities that have decreased tuition so much???".</p>

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<p>yeah the guess that they're seeking more diversity is probably right since it seems like 90% of the student population is from minn/wisconsin. that's probably not an image that they like as a 'leading research university'</p>

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<p>UMENN came here(bombay) during a college tour.
they were the most popular univ. in the fair.
and they me about the decrease then.</p>

<p>14,000$ for a good univ in an awesome city is not a bad deal. one down side is that its not that popular compared to other "public ivies".</p>

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<p>This is awesome! We live in Ohio but my son (HS class of 2012, college class of 2016) has it in his head that he wants to go to U of MN for college. (In Ohio, there is a scholarship available that gives excellent out of state students Ohio tuition rates.)</p>

<p>What is the ACT range for accepted out of state students? Is it hard for OOS to get in?</p>

<p>This really is very nice.</p>

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<p>I am very impressed by this as well, and I think it's a very effective way to draw highly qualified non-residents. My daughter considered Minnesota, but ruled it out because at the time she was applying it was too expensive for non-residents. It will be interesting to see if other large publics follow Minnesota's lead.</p>