Out of State Tuition Waivers

Most of the Out of State Tuition Waivers that I have seen have been tied to Academics. Usually comes in form of Academic Scholarship tied to a combination of GPA, ACT/SAT and/or Class Rank. As these are made available to ALL students, not just athletes, they wouldn't be counted as baseball money.

Also, I have seen some schools that will grant instate tuition if you have $1000 worth of academic scholarships.

That's what I have seen.

Elroy,
It depends on where you live and where the school is.

Some midwest states have reciprocity agreements with some of their neighboring states to give in-state rates to each other's students, often with limitations as far as which schools and which programs.

Some midwest states participate in the Midwest Student Exchange Program, which I believe offers out-of-state residents tuition at 150% of the in-state rates.

Some midwest states participate in both.

Several "almost midwest" states (Kentucky, Arkansas, West Virginia) are part of the Academic Common Market, which offers in-state rates to students pursuing programs not offered by their own in-state schools.

THere is a thread on this back from May 2011 if you do a search.

Below is info from my professional discusison boards, which I am happy to share. I have not double checked any of the info.

I do know that NC taxpayers were hoping to cut this practice down or eliminate it, but I am not sure of the status on that.

Here are a few articles that reference various states or colleges where it goes on (in some cases the legislatures have been rolling back the allowances due to tight economic conditions):

http://www.news-record.com/con...letes_keep_tuition_b reak
http://www.fgcu.edu/generalcou...ete_Out_of_State.pdf
http://www.msstate.edu/dept/audit/91178.html
http://www.sbctc.ctc.edu/colle...aivers_athletic.aspx
http://www.mnsu.edu/campushub/tuitionwaivers/
http://www.csu.edu/provost/APCA/tuitionwaivers.pdf

Baseballmom,

Thanks for posting the info. One of your attachments has a school that my son is very interested in and I did not know about the waiver for that school.

I hope it can help. As I said, I have not verified, and, all of those situations are subject to change.

I also see that the link(s) might be broken in some cases, but I think you can do a search within the website noted. These are all newspaper articles so archives can be searched.


The other region that does tuition discounting for borderings states is mine --- New England Board of Higher Ed has an arrangment for OOS discounts for ANY student, but only when seeking to earn a degree that is not available in their home state public u system. It is a nice deal when all the pieces line up.

This is an intersting topic. We are just starting to narrow the schools for our 2013to consider, most of which are out of state. When you look at the financial side of this it appears that, in most cases, it is much less expensive to attend an in state school and walk on with no baseball money as as opposed to go out of state with a 25% to 50% baseball scholarship!

Obviously if you can get an waiver like Mississippi State or GCSU it makes a HUGE difference.

I recall that Clemson offers anyone -- athlete or not -- the in-state rate if they finish in the top 10% of their high school graduating class.

My understanding is that it doesn't count against your baseball money or against the baseball program. So if you tack some baseball aid on to that, it's a pretty solid deal.

I know others offer similar setups but can't name them, maybe others can help.

Johnj314,

Miss State is the school I was referencing above the my son likes a lot. After the waiver believe it or not Miss. St. is actually less expensive than Ohio State, 10 miles away from me.

Midlo - thanks! I didn't know about that one. Clemson is a popular choice for some of my students up here. Great academics, great school spirit, great weather!


Good topic!

South Carolina is one that offers instate tuition rates to those at different SAT score levels, with some of those levels offering additional money ($500-4K?) on top of the OOS tuition rate.

http://www.sc.edu/financialaid/academic.html

Clemson has the Calhoun Honors College, with requirements of 1320 on the SAT or 30 on the ACT, with many accepted in the 1400 range. Here is a link to what Midlodad was refering to (looks like it is now $1000 or $5000 depending if you are in or out of state):

http://www.clemson.edu/financi...ments/rschol1213.pdf

Here is some info on Alabama: http://scholarships.ua.edu/types/out_of_state.html

I just went through all this research with my older son

I think I read somewhere that some schools will offer the instate tuition rate if you get ANY kind of scholarship....merit or athletic. Just in my limited research, it appears North Carolina (the state) is most generaous in this area.