The best public "state" universities offer professors and resources to rival the top private universities in the country. These schools have always been a great deal for in-state students who pay reduced tuition rates.
Recently, however, these schools have begun to benefit out-of-state students as well—albeit in a different way.
Steve Cohen writes that many top public schools are now admitting out-of-state students at a higher rate than in-state students. The take-away here? A very good student might be able to get into a great public school in another state.
But before you apply to every out-of-state public university you can find, you should know that these schools aren’t trying to do anything noble (e.g., increase geographic diversity). Rather, they’re simply increasing the percentage of students paying the higher out-of-state tuition rate. Todd Johnson at College Admissions Counseling goes so far as to say that you’ll only gain an admission edge at an out-of-state public school if you can afford to pay the full out-of-state tuition (in other words, students seeking financial aid do not benefit from this trend).
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