Universities have athletic budgets (except the SEC). A goodly portion goes to scholarships. For some schools certain teams are operated at a loss (track & field, gymnastics, golf...). Since out of state tuition is so much more expensive, does anyone know if within schools for the athletic programs that lose money, is there pressure or limits for out of state scholarships? If there is a budgetary limit, what happens if it is exceeded?
from what I have seen, the sports that "lose money" are supported by the FB or BB teams. The big division of monies is between the mens and the womans teams. The guys on , say the crew team only get say one scholarship, so they split it between team members. So a kid might get one sixteenth of it. As long as there are athletes willing to come play at X school, the scholarships are awarded based upon the talent of each kid and position needed. I have never heard a coach bemoan that he had to pass on a kid because he was out of state.
I know a lot of the tuition hikes have been caused by states cutting funding for universities along with federal money being cut as well. I would expect out of state tuition to be not rising as fast, but that probably isn't the case. (sorry it didn't answer your question)
I'd think that there's no difference b/w in-state and out-of-state cost to the school (the english prof's getting paid the same whether there are 100 in-staters or out-of-staters in the class), but it's a way to either subsidize in-state kids (to help them go to school near home) or make some extra cash by out-of-staters who really want to be there. I don't think it's a factor in sports recruiting.
