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[quote=Anonymous]One of the things I find odd about many discussions on this forum is how many people treat public universities as if they were just another school.  Public universities are typically designed for the students of the state, and at most, you will find that the students overwhelmingly come from the home state, where tuition is lower.  At Alabama, somewhere in excess of 60-70% of the students come from Alabama with most of the others coming from Georgia, MS and other Southern states.  At Minnesota, which is an excellent public university, 2/3 come from Minnesota, and another significant chunk come from North and South Dakota.  Most of the students who attend these universities end up staying in the state after graduation -- which makes sense since that is where their contacts are (lots of data show the importance of your college connections later in life) and the recruiters are more likely to come from that state or region.  There are a handful of Universities that break the mold, are truly international in reputation and draw a diverse student body but you can count them generally on one hand -- Berkeley, Michigan and UVA, and then you might add in UCLA, UNC, Indiana for certain subjects such as music, probably Texas and Minnesota, though Texas is a huge school in a huge state that will have most of its presence and influence in Texas.  Most of the rest are really very good state schools but not obvious choices for somewhere from a different part of the country who does not have an interest in staying in the area where they attend college.  Btw, University of MD is a very good public school, not that expensive for in-state students, and within the Mid-Atlantic, a much better choice than say Alabama.  Penn State, ditto, good state school particularly for the Mid-Atlantic region.   [/quote]

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