No, it's not for those moral reasons. - At best, it's for the state to make money in the long term by reducing the brain-drain of great students moving to othe

No, it's not for those moral reasons. - At best, it's for the state to make money in the long term by reducing the brain-drain of great students moving to other states. - At worst, it's for the university to make more money short-term via price discrimination, by operating under the assumption that people who travel further often tend to have more money to spend than those who stay in state.