A few days ago
Lauren

why is tuition more expensive if you want to go to college out of state?

why is tuition more expensive if you want to go to college out of state?

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A few days ago
Ask Mike

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Hi,

Good question. I’m sure many parents of college-bound seniors would love to know the same thing. As far as I can tell, the main reason it costs more to attend college out of state is to encourage local talent to attend their home school.

An article from USA Today mentions that “about 80% of college-bound high school graduates stay in their home states for college, attending either the flagship or regional campuses, and more than half who do cross borders attend a private university.”

The article goes to explain that of those who leave their home state for college, an increasing number are choosing to attend public schools. The public college with the highest number of out-of-state students is the University of Vermont with 72.7% out-of-staters. The school with the lowest percentage is Illinois State with 0.9%.

In the end, the admissions game comes down to walking the fine line between honoring home state residents (and the taxes they’ve already paid) and promoting diversity.

Mike

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A few days ago
Kay3535
Tuition for a state (public) college is cheaper in-state because of the fact that state residents pay taxes to the state. If you live out of state, they have received no tax revenue from you and taxes are what the state uses to fund the colleges. The other reason is the PR. If they raise in-state tuition the state officials alienate their constituency, they don’t care if they make out-of-state students pay out the nose. Private colleges usually don’t differentiate between in-state and out-of-state.
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A few days ago
pater47
State taxes pay for the bulk of college expenses. Tuition makes up for the rest. An out-of-state student does not have the benefit of those state taxes.
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A few days ago
Anonymous
If you want to go to college out-of-state it is more expensive because you haven’t been paying taxes in that state for the last several years. The reason tuition in your own state is cheaper is because you (or, your parents if you are a dependent) have been paying taxes in the state. Your tax money partially goes to education in your state, so if you were to go out-of-state, you would not have contributed to the educational system – so, you’re charged more than in-state people who have contributed money.
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A few days ago
Expat Mike
Most state-run schools have provisions to try to keep tuition affordable for residents of the state. The schools need revenue though, and the ones who attract alot of attention for outside their home state make up this revenue by charging it from the people who specifically want to go to that institution instead of those who just want to hang out in their own back yard. Leaving costs lower to provide a service to residents of the state, thus keeping their government funding.
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A few days ago
frankjania
State schools are subsidized by your state taxes, so you (or your parents) already pay part of the tuition in the form of state tax.

When you go to an out of state school, you aren’t contributing to the state’s tax base (and haven’t been previously) so they jack the tuition up on you to make up the difference.

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A few days ago
Will B
Because the taxpayers in my state helped, and are continuing to help, pay for the state schools which are state funded – typically they get about 30% of their budget from the state. Since you are not from my state then you and your parents did not pay into the tax stream to help with this, (although you did pay into the tax stream to fund schools in your own state) so you get to pay more. Some states have agreements that students from neighboring states can pay in-state tuition, but not all.
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A few days ago
AlexAtlanta
People who live in the state pay property taxes. The bulk of property taxes go to education in the state. Odds are strong that if you go to a state school, your family has been paying those taxes. Odds are strong that out of state students won’t stay after their education, their families have not paid property taxes, and you won’t be paying property taxes due to living in an apartment or dorm.

So, the state provides a reduced costs to people who help their education system. All others have to pay that premium to offset what residents are covering.

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A few days ago
music_literature_freak
If you go to a college out of state, your taxes don’t go into the cost like it would if you went to a college in the state.
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5 years ago
Anonymous
Well typically in state is 100 per credit or so and out of state can range from 300-400 a credit so it’s usually more than double what instate is
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