Can we get a list going of such schools?
This is all I know:
Missouri State offers “some” tuition wavers for OOS students (GPA has to be at least 3.0)
Texas State
Coastal Carolina
Montclair State (NJ) for BFA majors
U Minn has scholarship money that if the student qualifies academically, can cover the gap between in- and out-of-state tuition
UMBC (MD) has academic and/or talent scholarships that can cover full tuition if you qualify
Thanks. Interesting about Minnesota. My D got money this year - but not enough to cover the entire difference b/w in and out of state. She has good stats too. I am looking into this for kiddo #2! Trying to be proactive.
And I found out Coastal Carolina is only for those in neighboring states through the academic common market and not easy to get.
Yep, there are two UMinn scholarships for out of staters to meet the difference. One meets full difference and one meets 50% of difference.
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University of Utah offers in state tuition after achieving residency after one year if you follow all the steps. It’s not hard.
Why does it have to be a STATE school? Often times a private school is a better deal, w either need-based FA or w merit aid.
@GMTplus7 - you are correct about private schools and merit aide- but the thread here is about public schools
My D was accepted into the BA Theater program at Colorado State and was offered enough merit aid to bring the oos tuition, room and board down to the in-state cost.
Texas is very compelling because ANY state school that offers you a competitive scholarship of $1,000 or more must also offer you in-state tuition. I think it’s public policy.
@STEM2017 do you mean if a state school offers you $1000 or more of scholarship they have to offer you in state tuition? Is that only in Texas? Wow
I’m almost certain this is the case with all Texas public colleges. I don’t think any other states do this.
The $1,000 scholarship must be a competitive scholarship that is available to all students at that college. There is some fine print in there but I think it’s legit. Therefore, my son has about 5 TX schools on his list. We’re from NY.
There may be a limited number of waivers available to grant. It may not be automatic.
Most state schools that my daughters applied to offer very nice merit scholarships, basically bringing the cost down to in-state tuition for out-of-state applicants. The threshold for such scholarships varies by school, but will be in the 1800+ range for three combined SAT scores, plus assume you’ll need at least a 3.6 GPA.
My experience is limited to the New England and Pennsylvania state schools (and Penn State didn’t offer anywhere near that much – it is the most competitive of the state colleges in the Northeast from what I’ve seen).
The in-state tuition offer for $1,000 scholarship recipients does NOT apply to UT-Austin. They do have a few tuition waivers, but they are very few. When I inquired about the possibility for my son, the woman was polite but laughed. She said the entire school of engineering has only 7 or 8 waivers, and that is for freshmen through seniors!
Maine has started offering a good discount to students from other New England states. It was so successful this year that they’re thinking about expanding it to other states.
I have noticed that the more competitive state schools don’t offer nearly as much. Boo
I wonder, are BFA kids a desirable demographic for a school? Meaning are they going to produce big donors in future years? I suppose it is certainly possible- one of my favorite things about Syracuse was the idea of Sorkin Week (for those that don’t know - alum Aaron Sorkin takes a group of seniors out to LA and mentors them for a week - all expenses paid)
Coastal offers the academic common market to states that aren’t neighboring as well.
I know that UMassAmherst often provides merit/finaid high enough for OOS applicants to match their in-state COA. Wish they gave their top in-state students more incentive to attend 
If you are in a western state, Western Washington U has a few BFA program (both theater and dance), and you can get reduced tuition through the WUE consortium. They also offer another merit-based scholarship to non WUE applicants that brings tuition down to in-state range.
@mamaedefamilia Does Western Washington’s BFA theater start next year? I only see a non-audition BA on their website. Thanks for any information.