In-State or Out of State?

OHKID
Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:57:12 +0000

WICHE is your state’s common market academic progran, like I was talking about above.

It is an agreement between two or more states (in you case, I believe it’s everything on the sunny side of the International Date Line :)) to have reduced or equal priced tuition for state colleges in any member states.

It is typically agreed to because some programs are not offered in a certain state, like Marine Studies in Montana, for instance. In return, instead of having that student face hefty prices at OOS colleges or Private U’s, the students in that state can study that field of learning at a reasonable price in another state(the student may attned a place like ASU, UC-Boulder, or Cal State-Long Beach at the same price as in-state students, for instance).

However, read the terms of such programs VERY CAREFULLY. They vary greatly, and there is a thread on common markets stickeyed in the Financial Aid Forum here on CC. Some states, like Ohio, do not even participate in one, and Arizona’s may be odd due to ASU’s size/majors offered just like Ohio’s doesn’t exist due to Ohio State offering everything imaginable.

Hope this helps :)

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