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<p>The vast majority of that state support is the subsidization of in-state tuition. That is what is going to primarily impacted. There may be pressure to raise OOS tuition, and it likely will happen, but it there is no way it will be raised by the same percentage. Pitt is a privately governed institution. It is not state owned or operated, and the way Pitt currently doles out internal financial aid and awards is that it takes into account the in-state subsidy so as to discount OOS tuition to in-state levels. So, what might occur is the reduced awarding of financial and merit aid to OOS students, but they won’t take it away from those who have it already. In any case, Pitt has already dealt with a decade of funding cuts pretty effectively, and has indicated they will try to soften the blow to students as much as possible. I highly doubt the final cut will be 50% though. Politicians never get what they first ask for.</p>