<p>Here’s more about in-state tuition:
"Reduced Out-of-State Tuition Options</p>
<p>There are two key ways to reduce the cost of college when you decide to attend a college in another Midwest state.</p>
<p>Reciprocity</p>
<p>Minnesota has agreements with neighboring states to provide lower tuition for Minnesota residents to attend public colleges and universities in those states. This is called reciprocity. Typically, non-resident admission fees and tuition are reduced (or eliminated) if you’re a reciprocity student.</p>
<p>Minnesota has reciprocity agreements with Wisconsin, North Dakota, and South Dakota. It also has an agreement with the Canadian province of Manitoba, and a limited agreement with Iowa Lakes Community College in northwestern Iowa.</p>
<p>The programs with Wisconsin, North Dakota, and South Dakota cover virtually all students, including full-time, part-time, undergraduate, graduate, and professional (some professional programs are excluded).</p>
<p>Midwest Student Exchange Program</p>
<p>Students from Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota and Wisconsin may be eligible for tuition reductions at certain Midwest public and private schools and programs of study through the Midwest Student Exchange Program."
(from [Reduced</a> Out-of-State Tuition Options](<a href=“http://www.ohe.state.mn.us/gPg.cfm?pageID=97]Reduced”>http://www.ohe.state.mn.us/gPg.cfm?pageID=97))</p>
<p>For Southerners:
"Study in a specialized field at an out-of-state college,
while paying in-state tuition rates.</p>
<p>Is a degree program you’d like to pursue not available in your state? Have you found a degree program at an out-of-state institution, but the higher tuition is a barrier?</p>
<p>Looking for options with lower tuition?</p>
<p>You’re in the right place. For more than 50 years, the SREB Academic Common Market has enabled students to pursue out-of-state college majors at discounted tuition rates, through agreements among the states and colleges and universities."
(from <a href=“http://www.sreb.org/programs/acm/acmindex.aspx[/url]”>Academic Common Market - Southern Regional Education Board)
Member states include NC, SC and VA, by the way, but NC appears to limit its program to graduate students.</p>