Public LACs Ranked by OOS Tuition

Paying for College
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<p>The topic of lower cost Out-of-State (OOS) college options frequently comes up in this forum. Below I have compiled a list of public liberal arts colleges ranked by OOS tuition cost. These colleges are members of COPLAC, the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges.</p>

<p>In-state tuition and fees are also listed for each college.</p>

<p>For additional information on COPLAC and the member colleges, please see: <a href="http://www.coplac.org/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.coplac.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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Public Liberal Arts College       In-State       OOS </p>

<h2>                      Tuition&Fees Tuition&Fees</h2>

<p>Midwestern State University      $7,764       $9,714 
University of Minnesota Morris      $12,584      $12,584 
Henderson State University       $6,848      $12,968 
Truman State University          $7,368      $13,240 
U. of Science and Arts of Oklahoma   $5,790      $13,830 
Southern Oregon University       $5,196      $14,185 
University of Wisconsin-Superior     $7,946      $15,519 
Shepherd University          $6,256      $15,840 
Sonoma State University          $7,234      $16,162 
SUNY College at Geneseo          $7,430      $16,880 
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts    $8,525      $17,470 
Fort Lewis College           $6,922      $17,762 
University of Montevallo         $9,280      $18,070 
Southern Utah University         $6,000      $18,200 
University of Maine at Farmington    $9,167      $18,255 
Evergreen State College          $7,833      $19,920 
University of North Carolina-Asheville   $6,241      $20,063 
Keene State College         $12,776      $20,161 
Eastern Connecticut State University     $9,376      $20,881 
Ramapo College of New Jersey         $6,694      $22,038 
University of Mary Washington        $9,660      $22,530 
Virginia's College at Wise       $8,509      $23,565 
Georgia College              $8,790      $26,690 
St. Mary's College of Maryland      $14,864      $28,664 
New College of Florida           $6,783      $29,812

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<p>Geneseo is consistently ranked as a top public LAC. This a great school, strong academics including the sciences, definitely should be on your list. </p>

<p>[SUNY</a> Geneseo | SUNY Geneseo](<a href=“http://Www.geneseo.edu%5DSUNY”>http://Www.geneseo.edu)</p>

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<p>No oversight there. It is it midway on the list.</p>

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<p>Thanks, BobWallace. Nice list.</p>

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<p>I live in Georgia and I somehow did not know that GCSU is a public LAC. How good is it? </p>

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<p>Its interesting that a thread with four ( now five) replies, is HOT.
:-/ </p>

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<p>This is a list I found interesting: <a href=“Cheapest Out-of-State Colleges in 34 States - Do It Yourself College Rankings”>http://diycollegerankings.com/public-universities-with-lowest-out-of-state-tuition/978/&lt;/a&gt; Bob, is there a list of the Public Universities ranked by OOS tuition? </p>

<p>So much has changed since my oldest went to college. Lots of good OOS public deals then. Many have jacked up their prices for OOSers since then especially my old favorites.</p>

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<p>have you checked out the number of views? It is a hot thread. People are just keeping their thoughts on it to themselves. </p>

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<p>I have a thread for research universities, but it is a year out of date - I will update when I get a chance.</p>

<p><a href=“Research Universities with Lowest OOS Tuition - Financial Aid and Scholarships - College Confidential Forums”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/1473219-research-universities-with-lowest-oos-tuition.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Bob, this off topic but I used to live in Huntsville, Alabama. Is that where the picture of the sign came from?</p>

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<p>Aleyna - I live in GA too. Many kids in my area go to GA college. It has the 3rd highest stats of the GA public schools. 1) GA tech, 2) UGA 3) GA college.
No football team- seems a bit more intellectual and the kids I know that go there seem to really like it. </p>