Friend of mine told me that the state requires a minimum number or percentage of scholorships must go to in-state residents for state schools. True? If so, can someone fill me in on the details?

Thanks

Not to say that it doesn't exist; but, I've never heard anything of that sort. If you take a hard look at some of the rosters, you'd be left to wonder about that. Also, since athletic scholarships are funded with privately-raised money, why would the state care anything about the percentage of residents?

Get your friend to lead you to the "black and white."

UNC-Chapel Hill does have a quota on the total number of out of state students, which I believe is something like 18%. I am pretty certain that does not extend across the entire UNC system. I have not heard of a scholarship quota.

-jda

Let's not confuse the issue at hand here. "All's Jake" specifically referred to "percentage of scholarships." That's a much different question/issue than percentage of out-of-state students in the overall student population. (Incidentally, the last I heard, your percentage for the total student population is correct.)

Out of curiousity last night, I went to the websites of the 10, state-supported universities in North Carolina that field Division I baseball programs and looked at the percentage of out-of-state players on their rosters.

Here are the results, ranked from highest percentage of out-of-state players to the lowest:

NC State 46% 17/37
Western Carolina 45% 13/29
UNC-Greensboro 42% 13/31
East Carolina 36% 8/22
UNC-Chapel Hill 33% 10/31
UNC-Charlotte 30% 9/30
UNC-Asheville 25% 7/28
Appalachian State 12% 4/33
NC A&T 4% 1/25
UNC-Wilmington Not available


Keep in mind that rosters posted at this time of year often vary; so, the numbers here may change as regular season rosters are posted in January/February.

Hopefully, I can shed some light on this. I used to work at a D-I school in NC--and some schools in NC do, in fact, have a limit on the number of out of state scholarships, due to MONEY. Simply put, an in-state athlete costs up to 50% of an out of stater. Makes funding the athletic program less expensive.

I have heard of some schools in SC giving certain out of state students in-state tution prices. I dont recall specifcally if it applies to any athletic program but I know at USC if student are enrolled in a specific degree program they pay in-state tution. Could schools not work that out with athletic programs too?

This isn't uncommon in any state ... specifically Georgia does the same thing.

Generally speaking, to qualify for in-state tuition, you have to be an excellent student, high SAT's. It's a tool used to attract the best/brightest students. Athletics pays an insignificant role in this decision.

On the USC-Upstate website:

Out-of-State Fee Waivers
Students who are not residents of South Carolina and who receive USC Upstate Athletic or Foundation Scholarships, or USC Upstate Undergraduate Assistantships valued at $250 or more each semester may qualify for a waiver for out-of-state fees. The following conditions must be met to qualify for the fee waiver.

The award must be made in writing to the student before the end of late registration for each semester and prior to the student paying his tuition. Notification of the award must be forwarded to the financial aid office prior to the end of late registration for each semester. Scholarships or undergraduate assistantships that are awarded after the end of late registration for each semester will not result in a refund of out-of-state fees.

I don't have a clue if all USC school are like this, but found the above here scholarships