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Out of state students pay more money to attend. In the current economy many state schools are targeting out of state students to help balance the budget.
This. Colleges are getting more greedy. I can say that even a lot of private schools have mostly out-of-state students (with the exception of some USC schools).
I attended the University of Iowa many years ago. There were plenty of students from the Chicago area back then...some of them probably have college age children and I wonder how if those kids want to attend school where their parents did?
I am curious why there aren't more Iowans at the school.
On the other hand, I now live in the Iowa City area, and I don't have the same rosy view I once did about the school.
This. Colleges are getting more greedy. I can say that even a lot of private schools have mostly out-of-state students (with the exception of some USC schools).
No surprise that privates often have a majority of students from OOS - there's no difference in the price and they are very likely to offer financial aid. All three of my kids attend or attended private colleges OOS. My daughters undergrad was 90% OOS.
i think some of the better state schools like uva and unc have a limit on how many out of state students they can accept. unc is usually less than 20. for this reason its not uncommon to hear of someone out-of-state getting into somewhere like harvard and rejected from unc.
This. Colleges are getting more greedy. I can say that even a lot of private schools have mostly out-of-state students (with the exception of some USC schools).
I don't know that I would call it greed vs reality, especially in states like California that are basically bankrupt and don't have the money to subsidize their state schools.
The large, elite private schools do have large out of state populations but there are only so many kids in Massachusetts that can get into Harvard.
Local, smaller private schools still have a larger percentage of in-state students, those on or close to state borders will have higher percentages though.
In our case, with reciprocity, the neighboring state has lower state college rates than what we can get here. Our kids aren't even considering any state schools here because they can get equally as good of schools next door for several thousand less.
In our case, with reciprocity, the neighboring state has lower state college rates than what we can get here. Our kids aren't even considering any state schools here because they can get equally as good of schools next door for several thousand less.
In addition to the reciprocity agreements in the upper midwest that you're referring to, many students in the Western US can take advantage of the WUE program to attend out-of-state schools for 150% of resident tuition.
In addition to the reciprocity agreements in the upper midwest that you're referring to, many students in the Western US can take advantage of the WUE program to attend out-of-state schools for 150% of resident tuition.
There is a Midwest consortium for the same 150% with MN, WI, IL, MO, NE and ND (I think those are the ones without doing a search for sure). We are looking at a private school in MO because of this, ends up being even LESS than the cheap WI state schools.
I attended the University of Iowa many years ago. There were plenty of students from the Chicago area back then...some of them probably have college age children and I wonder how if those kids want to attend school where their parents did?
I am curious why there aren't more Iowans at the school.
On the other hand, I now live in the Iowa City area, and I don't have the same rosy view I once did about the school.
The reason there aren't more Iowans at the university is that Iowa is the smallest state in the Big Ten (I'm not counting Nebraska as it is so new and isn't part of the culture yet). Very small state with at state university that is of similar size to its peers.
Thus there is far less pressure from sheer numbers instate to fill up the university's freshman classes. The university is far east within the state and has a natural affinity with the larger, more urbanized states to the east...particularly to Illinois and the part that really counts: Chicagoland.
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