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12-01-2007, 08:00 AM
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| Some states also have reciprocity agreements with adjacent states (and in at least one instance, a nearby Canadian province) that allow reduced tuition and don't depend on choice of majors.
For instance, Minnesota residents can attend U Wisconsin-Madison for about $12k a year under the normal rate for out of state residents.
Other undergrad, grad and professional school reciprocity agreements between those states are here: MN-WI Tuition Reciprocity College Prices
Minnesota also charges instate tuition rates for students from: North Dakota, South Dakota, and Manitoba. Tuition Rates, Reciprocity | 
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12-01-2007, 09:11 AM
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| Minnesota State Colleges
Minnesota offers inexpensive in-state tuition to anyone who attends Bemidji State in Bemidji or Southwest State University in Marshall. Bemidji is beautiful. If you like outdoorsy stuff and don't mind cold and snow, the campus, which is right on Lake Bemidji, is pretty nice. Tuition less than $6000 per year and room and board less than $5000 per year no matter where you are from.
Photo of the campus and Lake Bemidji: Bemidji State University - Academics - Summer | |
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12-01-2007, 12:43 PM
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| The University of Nebraska - Lincoln has a series of scholarships aimed at out-of-state students. Based on ACT or SAT scores and Class Rank, students can earn a scholarship that covers a % of the difference between in-state and out-of-state tuition, up to and including 100% of the difference. UNL Admissions | Out-of-state Freshman Scholarships
There is also the Midwest Student Exchange Program for students in Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and Wisconsin.
The program will pay 150% of in-state tuition plus any required fees for an OOS student to attend a participating institution MSEP Home Page | |
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12-01-2007, 01:20 PM
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| I think Arkansas still waives out-of-state tuition for students from Texas. My guess is that they have quite a harvest of kids from good high schools who don't make the top per cent for entrace to the Texas flagships. | |
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12-01-2007, 01:40 PM
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| 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. | |
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12-01-2007, 05:03 PM
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| What about community colleges? | |
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12-01-2007, 06:16 PM
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| If you live in MN, full-pay at UW--Madison is almost as low as in-state. | |
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12-01-2007, 09:33 PM
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| Gadsden Purchase states share tuition... AZ & NM, at least from what I've heard. | |
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12-01-2007, 10:11 PM
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| too bad. ny offers just about any major there is. | |
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12-01-2007, 10:22 PM
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| also, if you live in DC, you're extra lucky! | |
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12-02-2007, 09:41 AM
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| 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-- *but* 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.)
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.
Also, Univ of West Florida offers Alabama residents a substantial tuition discount. Right now, it's in-state tuition + $42/ credit. | |
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12-03-2007, 11:18 AM
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| This thread should be stickied. | |
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12-03-2007, 12:16 PM
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| 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. | |
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12-03-2007, 08:38 PM
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| 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.
I've also seen this info on the website of the OOS college in question (the OOS college).
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 Common Market | |
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