Public universities are state funded institutions that are given money from taxes that are paid in by residents of the state; when a student from a different state wants to attend a public university they must pay an increased tuition price in order to compensate for not paying taxes in the state.
The idea of out of state tuition is not flawed however the implementation is, the average state spends 23 percent less per student than before the recession, yet out of state tuition has continued to increase steadily with a 3.3 percent increase just last year. Out of state tuition is justified as making up for unpaid taxes yet it is more that the university receives in state funding. Many people leave home for a job or for education, with the rise in University coop programs the location of education and location of employment are often the same area.
Scholarships awarded to out of state students have extremely diminished value as standard out of state tuition is 150 percent of standard tuition making the value of the scholarship.