In State Tuition for Out of State Students

Colorado and UVM have some merit aid, but no auto awards that bring costs down to the instate costs of attendance.

You haven’t told us your income so I am assuming you would not qualify for need based awards anywhere. Or maybe it’s that you don’t think your student will be a competitive applicant for places awarding only or primarily need based aid.

How much can you spend annually for this student’s college education? That piece of information will help folks provide better answers.

I do think your kid would get decent enough aid in Montana, and Wyoming. As noted above, Utah allows students to gain instate residency for tuition after freshman year but there are some guidelines to do so.

This is my opinion only! My opinion is that colleges will be decreasing free money awards to students because of the current situation. But only time will tell about that. I doubt that more free money will be offered when some schools are facing a decline in enrollment, and numbers of students who can be full pay or close to it. But that’s my opinion!