schools with low cost to out-of-state students (under 20k, merit?)

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<p>My state flagship would cost my family 30k, so I'm looking for some more options. </p>

<p>So far I've got:
University of Alabama
University of Wyoming
University of South Dakota</p>

<p>I also understand that some schools may have higher tuition rates for OOS students, but offer significant merit aid, such as the University of Minnesota. </p>

<p>So that's what I'm looking for. Schools with very low OOS costs and/or offer merit aid to OOS students. They don't necessarily have to be public either. Price under 20k or institutional scholarships that can make it so. Thanks.</p>

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<p>Take a look at Truman State University: [Truman</a> State University](<a href=“http://www.truman.edu/]Truman”>http://www.truman.edu/)</p>

<p>Truman State is Missouri’s state honors college. Offers OOS scholarships against an already-low cost of attendance. Under 6000 UGs enrolled. Many highly qualified students attend. Sounds like a real gem, frankly. Here’s a link to information about automatic scholarships: [Truman</a> Scholarships - Office of Admission - Truman State University](<a href=“Admission | Truman State University”>Admission | Truman State University)</p>

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<p>Ole Miss & LSU</p>

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<p>What are your stats?</p>

<p>Including SAT breakdown.</p>

<p>What does UMinn offer? Is the merit assured or competitive? What stats are needed?</p>

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<p>On the private side, tuition at Flagler in St. Augustine, FL is $14,510.</p>

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<p>The SUNY’s (State University of New York, multiple campuses) are pretty affordable to OOS. Some may offer merit aid.</p>

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<p>Last year’s stats from the OP were a 3.7 UW GPA and a 31 ACT. </p>

<p>SUNYs might be lower in total cost. For example, Binghamton, not a slam dunk, is $27K COA.</p>

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<p>University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is around $29,000 per year at list price, but University of Minnesota - Morris (a small public LAC-type college) is around $23,000 per year at list price with no out of state surcharge.</p>

<p>Truman State University is another inexpensive small public LAC-type college.</p>

<p>Other inexpensive schools include University of North Dakota and South Dakota State University.</p>

<p>There are many “approximately $30,000 per year list price for out of state” schools such as University of Minnesota - Twin Cities (as noted above), North Carolina State University, State University of New York (various), University of Massachusetts - Amherst, Virginia Polytechnic and State University, and California State University (various). You may want to see if they are likely to offer sufficient need or merit aid to bring the price down to $20,000 per year.</p>

<p>Brigham Young University is about $22,000 per year at list price for non-LDS members, less for LDS members.</p>

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<p>Perhaps you can go through the list of schools in this thread, or adjust the search parameters in the linked search to lower the tuition, in order to find less obvious schools that may meet your cost criteria.</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/1294383-less-expensive-list-price-less-obvious-schools-attract-good-students.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/1294383-less-expensive-list-price-less-obvious-schools-attract-good-students.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>The University of Kansas offers significant scholarships for out-of-state students who apply early (November 1 of this past year); someone with the OP’s stats could have gotten a discount of $9K-$10K this year by applying early. Nebraska also has OOS scholarships but not as big, I don’t think. I don’t know how easy it would be for an OOS student to get to the $20K mark at either of these schools, but you could definitely get costs below $30K. Both Lawrence, Kansas, and Lincoln, Nebraska, are pretty great college towns. (I went to Nebraska so I am prepared to argue with anyone who dismisses my beloved Lincoln! ;)).</p>

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<p>32 ACT (31 E, 32 M, 31 S, 33 R) and a 3.8 GPA.</p>

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<p>sgt donut… add UAB (University of alabama birmingham) with a total oos tuition of 20-25K (tuition, housing and food)…your stats will give you automatic merit of 15K per year…leaving you 5-10K
[UAB</a> - The University of Alabama at Birmingham](<a href=“http://www.uab.edu%5DUAB”>http://www.uab.edu)
urban campus, 11k undergrads, very strong for sciences. Wonderful honors programs.</p>

<p>UAH in huntsville would also fit your cost criteria… very strong school for engineering.</p>

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<p>I’ll second absweetmarie’s recommendation of Truman State. For an Illinois resident, the COA (not including books/incidentals) is about $18,000. Knock another $1K to $3K off that in automatic merit if you’ve got decent stats. And if you’re low income, they even have some small need-based grants for OOS students.</p>

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<p>Are you only wanting to look at public schools? Your stats give you quite a few choices!</p>

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<p>Others to add…</p>

<p>New Mexico…might be a full ride, check their web site for details.
Ft Lewis in Durango CO
Boise State</p>

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<p>University of Utah has great financial aid for high performing out of state students.</p>

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<p>University of Montana
Montana State University
University of Wyoming</p>

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<p>What is your intended major? Engineering? something else?</p>

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<p>Not just looking at public schools, just looking for places that will cost under 20k.</p>

<p>Undecided, but nothing pre-professional like Engineering or Business.</p>

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<p>In addition to Birmingham and Huntsville, the Tuscaloosa campus of the University of Alabama also offers a big scholarship for your stats:</p>

<p>[Out-of-State</a> Scholarships - Undergraduate Scholarships - The University of Alabama](<a href=“http://scholarships.ua.edu/types/out_of_state.html]Out-of-State”>http://scholarships.ua.edu/types/out_of_state.html)</p>

<p>Your stats would get the Presidential Scholarship for out of state tuition; this would leave about $14,000 per year of other costs of attendance.</p>