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I'm curious: does state funding apply to out-of-state students? When I went to college in the 90s, out-of-state tuition was about 3x as much as in-state, a rati

I'm curious: does state funding apply to out-of-state students? When I went to college in the 90s, out-of-state tuition was about 3x as much as in-state, a ratio that seems to have held to today--at least for my school. I would have expected the ratio to decrease as in-state students presumably received less state funding, but both have risen equally about 300%. (I worked at the cashier's office, so historical tuition prices are still in my memory, but I have no other schools to base this on.)

specialist 13y ago
Good question. We recently talked about that. I was surprised to learn that in-state tuition discounts were subsidized by the state. I had always assumed out-of-state students were charged a premium. I'm told that, in my state, community college students will (likely) continue to get subsidized, whereas university students won't.