I haven’t read any of the replies yet, but in my opinion, the cost of attendance of an out of state school is not worth it unless you get a significant scholarship or the school is very very prestigious. Once you get into college, you will see that a lot of employers don’t base their judgement on whether they want to hire you or not by the school you go to, but rather by what you have done in your college career as an individual. For example, someone from an ivy league who has a lower than average GPA and has done no extra curriculars, internships, or any out of class activities will not be seen more favorably than say someone who goes to a lesser known university but has outstanding experience and GPA. Also, I often see many lower ranked colleges get favored by large, prestigious companies. For example, Lockheed Martin in Orlando seems to hire a majority of their interns from UCF even though it is not on par with a university like UF. This is most likely the case since UCF is in the same city as this Lockheed facility. So, even if you don’t go to the top ranked school, in general it really won’t determine how successful you are in the future.