Do schools offer out of state athletes tuition at the in state rate? How common is this? I had a friend who's son went D1 last year who had this offer made to him from several schools. For a kid getting a small offer...say 25%, the opportunity to pay in state tuition if he's an out of state kid is a huge perk. Is this something that happens often.
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Generally, no.
State laws govern who may receive in-state tuition, and most state legislatures are protective of who enjoys the benefit of low tuition at state schools. Also, if athletes in an equivalency sport receive tuition discounts not available to other students, it would count against the 11.7 scholarship limit.
There are a few, narrow exceptions, such as for reciprocal agreements that permit out-of-state students to major in fields not offered by state schools in their own state. It is difficult to mesh these programs up with baseball opportunities.
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There are a few, narrow exceptions, such as for reciprocal agreements ....
Some schools offer instate tuition to oos players if they make certain (high) scores on the SATs. U. of South Carolina and Alabama come to mind. They offer this type of scholarship to all qualified students, not just athletes.
We have never paid out of state tuition due to ACT grade. Luckily for us, Mississippi doesn't charge out of state tuition starting this year since my son is in his fifth year and in all graduate courses.
There are a few, narrow exceptions, such as for reciprocal agreements ....
Some schools offer instate tuition to oos players if they make certain (high) scores on the SATs. U. of South Carolina and Alabama come to mind. They offer this type of scholarship to all qualified students, not just athletes.
My nephew got a full-ride scholarship to Alabama for academics, and I believe in-state rates. It helps that he scored 99-percentile on SATs in 8th grade. His Mom is a genius and he is a super-genius. He pretty much could have gone anywhere he wanted to go and not had to pay.
Best of all: he is a super well-adjusted and outgoing kid too.
All of these responses point out the fact that there is much more academic merit money out there than baseball money. The expected monetary value of an SAT prep course is usually higher than that of an extra set of hitting or pitching lessons.
Returning to Buckeye 2015's original question, which was whether baseball players can get in-state rates just for being athletes, the answer is generally no.
I don't know if they still do this, but Clemson used to offer ANY out-of-state student graduating in the top 10% of his/her high school class the in-state rate. I knew of baseball players who were able to take advantage of this.
Wonder what would they base it on for a player that has his AA from a NJCAA? Would they still use his high school ACT/SAT scores? Or could he qualify academically based on GPA of college transcripts?
there is a program that Hawaiian residents use quite a bit called the WUE, lots of out of state schools (west coast) offer this rate to Hawaii kids (maybe other states?). its 125% of local rate. My D is heading to Washington state this year and it saves us about 9k off out of state tuition. Each school offering it has different requirements but basically a 3.5 GPA and a 26 on ACT gets you the deal (sliding scale for different schools though).
When college scouts come here (which is rare) the WUE is always brought up as a big selling point (if there school is part of the program).
