<p>MSU out-of-state merit aid is actually quite generous (I speak from experience, being an out-of-state student who enrolled at MSU in 2008) particularly through the honors college if you meet their standards. check it out here [Scholarships</a> for Incoming Freshmen](<a href=“http://honorscollege.msu.edu/scholarships/incoming_freshmen.html]Scholarships”>http://honorscollege.msu.edu/scholarships/incoming_freshmen.html)
Your son’s stats (as long as he is ranked in the top 5% of his class/is unranked) look like they will qualify him for the professorial assistantship ($2500/year stipend for research with a professor) and the out-of-state tuition grant that equalizes your tuition paid to in-state rates (worth about $18,000/year), as well as the $5000 study abroad scholarship given for out-of-state students. Your son would receive full consideration for these scholarships if he applies to MSU before November 1st. </p>
<p>There are also other scholarships your son can qualify for: one is the alumni distinguished scholarship from the competition held every february ([Academic</a> Merit Scholarships | Michigan State University Office of Admissions](<a href=“http://www.admissions.msu.edu/finances/scholarships_merit.asp]Academic”>http://www.admissions.msu.edu/finances/scholarships_merit.asp)) that your son would be invited to participate in (you can receive up to a full tuition/room/board/fees scholarship through this, although ~one in ten participants actually receive a scholarship from the competition). Also, MSU may also consider your son for a “collegiate scholarship” given at MSU’s discretion (I received one for 2K/year on top of the guaranteed honors college stuff).</p>