<p>re: ACM - I should have specified that there are restrictions, but at this point we don’t know what the OP wants to major in, only that s/he wants to leave Arkansas. Depending on what s/he wants to study, it’s an option to consider. If an Arkansas public college does not offer a major s/he’s interested in (and depending on the OOS institution s/he selects), s/he is entitled for in-state rates which would allow OP to leave Arkansas as is his/her wish, yet not pay high OOS tuition costs.
For further information, the FAQ page is very well done:
<a href=“http://www.sreb.org/page/1395/academic_common_market_faqs.html[/url]”>ACM FAQs - Southern Regional Education Board;
To qualify for the Academic Common Market, a student must be a resident of an SREB member state, select a participating program that is approved for the Academic Common Market for their state, be admitted unconditionally into that program, and be certified as a resident of his or her home state.
This is the page for Arkansas:
[Academic</a> Common Market Program](<a href=“Arkansas Department of Higher Education - Home page”>Arkansas Department of Higher Education - Home page)
This is how you find out if your expected major is not offered in a public university in your home state, thus allowing you to enroll in out of state with in-state tuition.
[ADHE</a> | Academic Affairs](<a href=“Arkansas Department of Higher Education - Home page”>Arkansas Department of Higher Education - Home page)
This is only ONE possibility. In my opinion, applying to a college in the Northeast or the Pacific Northwest would be a better option, but this will depend on OP’s stats.</p>