OOS cost unbelievably high

Corbett
Mon, 13 Mar 2017 23:17:53 +0000

@ManyXsBlessed

What is the reason for the huge price difference for in state/out of state?

For the same reason that UC Davis tuition is only $14,046 for Californians like you, but $40,729 for people from out-of-state. See: https://www.ucdavis.edu/admissions/cost/

Colorado School of Mines is a state school (like the University of Colorado or Colorado State). This means that it gets a lot of financial support from the State of Colorado – which really means “Colorado taxpayers”. In return for this financial support, the Colorado taxpayers get discounted tuition. If you don’t pay state taxes in Colorado, then you don’t get the same deal.

Virtually all other state schools do exactly the same thing. Based on your other posts, it appears that you are from California. Well, California has the same two-tiered system: as a California taxpayer, you get huge tuition discounts at University of California or California State University schools. Non-Californians have to pay much more to attend state universities in California, just as non-Coloradans have to pay much more to attend state universities in Colorado.

Private schools, like Stanford or USC, don’t get state support and therefore don’t discriminate in this way; they have just one tuition rate. Unfortunately, this generally means that the tuition at private schools is high for everyone.