In State tuition at OOS school

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It may have been on my state school tour or from a guidance counselor or just someone who had first hand experience, but I remember being told that:

If an out of state public university has a major not offered at your in-state university, then you can pay in-state tuition price at that Out of State School.

For reference, I live in Connecticut and my state school (UConn) does not offer Biochemistry as a major. If I’m remembering that statement correctly, I would be able to go to UT-Austin for in-state price, as I would be applying as a major that is not offered at my own state school.

Can anyone confirm or deny if this is a real thing, or am I going insane.

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I researched it and apparently this only applies within the 6 New England states. Pretty disappointing because I would have really liked to go to UT Austin for an in-state price.

I’ll leave this thread here in case other people in New England didn’t know about this.

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@Chrane03 What you are referring to is a regional tuition exchange, where each school has different majors available to residents in that region. If you receive the tuition exchange, you usually won’t pay more than 150% of in-state tuition. However, for most states, their flagships campuses (think UT Austin, University of Washington etc.) do not participate in regional tuition exchanges at the undergraduate level.

Hope that helps!

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There are a number of state schools that have arrangements With OOS schools with a variety of terms, stipulations, or none at all. You have to see what your state has in terms of those agreements.

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Ohio publics often offer special tuition rates to out of state residents within their service zones. For example, UCincy https://admissions.uc.edu/tuition-aid/kyin.html If you live near the Ohio border it’s worth checking.

Some are part of the Midwest exchange, too. https://msep.mhec.org/

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Unrelated, but be sure to check actual costs and potential OOS scholarships. My D’s moderately high GPA/ACT qualified her for the National Buckeye Scholarship at Ohio State that made it cheaper than in-state Penn State.