out of state phd programs

[carlos sagan]

Do PhD programs at state schools have different admissions standards, funding considerations and processes for residents of the state than they do for those who are applying from other states? I saw on Florida State's website that Florida residents may get additional funding, and I was wondering whether that is common, and whether there are other things that may be affected by a person's residency.

[Teelee]

I am not 100% sure about this, but I believe the extra funding is state dependent. In some state schools, the state provides additional money to their resident students but it's not the case in all state schools. I have hard that Florida state university provide some sort of extra money to in state students in both undergrad and medical programs. In general, the admission standards should be the same for most schools, they will reward you based on the academic merit first prior to putting residential status into consideration.

[Henry Hudson]

state funding may indeed vary - that's often set by politicians who want to offer benefits to home-grown students.

but admissions-wise, it's very common for state unis to accept out-of-state applicants. They don't want to penalize you, and if they really want you they may have funding opportunities well beyond the in-state $ you've seen listed. especially if you have another offer in-hand from somewhere else that they could match in order to keep you.

Schools want best quality grad students; politicians are dancing to political whims, not the unis' wishes.