Generally not. There are some relatively affordable colleges here: http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/1651944-very-low-cost-oos-coa-universities-less-than-25k-coa-for-everything.html#latest And if your grades/stats aren’t good enough to get any merit aid it makes a lot of sense to start at a local CC and look what options you have in-state.