<p>It does help you a lot more if you're in a small state looking to go to a big one. I'm from West Virginia so there are a lot of things not offered here. If you're in California and looking at the western version of this yeah, it probably won't help a whole lot. Worth a shot though.</p>
<p>What about community colleges?</p>
<p>If you live in MN, full-pay at UW--Madison is almost as low as in-state.</p>
<p>Gadsden Purchase states share tuition... AZ & NM, at least from what I've heard.</p>
<p>too bad. ny offers just about any major there is.</p>
<p>also, if you live in DC, you're extra lucky!</p>
<p>Maryland state financial aid grants can usually be used at out-of-state colleges if you can prove your major isn't offered at any in-state college-- <em>but</em> that includes instate privates and, when we tried to use that clause, the state defined the major a bit more broadly and named an in-state private that had that major. (In other words, I wouldn't bank on it.)</p>
<p>Residents of Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Virginia and West Virginia attending the main campus of Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) (a Pennsylvania state school) and all out-of-state resident attending a branch campus receive a tuition reduction that brings tuition down to below $4K a semester. I also read somewhere that Maryland residents who graduated hs with a B average receive a substantial tuition discount (presumably at their main campus) but I can't find verification on their tuition and fees page.</p>
<p>Also, Univ of West Florida offers Alabama residents a substantial tuition discount. Right now, it's in-state tuition + $42/ credit.</p>
<p>This thread should be stickied.</p>
<p>If a student in state X, where there is no public major of her choosing, attends a public college in state Y and pursues that major, which state or program would presumably award the waiver of out-of-state tuition? Does X pay a subsidy to Y for educating their resident? Do many state schools just choose to award one of their limited out-of-state waivers? I'm not sure how one would go about looking into this or requesting the waiver of OOS tuition.</p>
<p>Gadad, google "academic common market" and the name of your state. Or google "(name of state) department of education scholarships" and see what you get. </p>
<p>I've also seen this info on the website of the OOS college in question (the OOS college).</p>
<p>Here's info on Academic Market that covers: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina (graduate programs with restrictions), Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.
Academic</a> Common Market</p>
<p>The WICHE Western Undergraduate Exchange program is extremely broad-based and covers more than 135 public colleges and universities spread across Alaska, California, Oregon, Washington, Hawaii, Nevada, Idaho, Montana, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, North Dakota and South Dakota. You pay a fixed 150 percent of in-state tuition.</p>
<p>WICHE</a> - Student Exchange Programs</p>
<p>Some universities have restrictions on majors allowed, or on the number of WUE students accepted, but in general, it's the broadest "academic common market"-type system in the country.</p>
<p>New Jersey?</p>
<p>Thanks 2collegewego - I checked it out, and it's important to note that not all public universities in a given state are participants. I have a daughter in Georgia applying to U.Va. for a major not offered in Georgia - unfortunately, U.Va. isn't participating in the Academic Common Market, but William & Mary, which also offers the major, is. For students in similar situations, it might be worth checking into this before the end of December to see if you may want to consider a new application.</p>
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<p>My daughter just received some mail from the U of Maine. It looks like they give a sizeable tuition discount to residents of New England colleges and Canada.</p>
<p>In New England, most state schools have in-state tuition, out-of-state tuition, and regional tuition, which is only a few thousand more a year.</p>
<p>Just like Bemidji State University and Southwest State University, another Minnesota school that offers in-state tuition to all students regardless of state of residency is the University of Minnesota-Morris. In addition Morris provides up to $500 of travel reimbursement to admitted students that live more than 350 miles from campus.
<a href="http://www.morris.umn.edu/prospective/scholarships/cost.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.morris.umn.edu/prospective/scholarships/cost.html</a></p>
<p>There is a variant of the New England Regional Studies program for out-of-state students and it is based on a distance measurement. If you're closer to an out-of-state institution than the out-of-state institution can offer a rate that's 50% higher than the instate rate. So if you're closer to OOS A and instate is $10K, OOS $20K, you'd pay $15K. But the particular institution has to offer this variant of the NERSP TB.</p>
<p>I am from Alabama, took advantage of this program and almost went to Georgia Tech to major in Polymer & Textile Engineering, although I decided on another school. I always make sure I tell any parent I run across with college bound students about this program. It is a shame it isn't advertised as often as it should be. I actually found out about it thanks to Georgia Tech's engineering brochure which mentioned it in small print under some descriptions of the various engineering programs.</p>