Public universities that admit in-state applicants at a much higher rate

Public universities where the admit rate for in-state applicants is at least 10 points higher than for out-of-state applicants.

Source: Each university's published admissions data (linked in the table)

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College	State	In-state vs out-of-state admit rate
Florida International University	FL	In-state 80% · Out-of-state 36% · Fall 2025
Middle Tennessee State University	TN	In-state 78% · Out-of-state 43% · Fall 2025
The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga	TN	In-state 78% · Out-of-state 48% · Fall 2025
The University of Texas at Austin	TX	In-state 36% · Out-of-state 7.5% · Fall 2025
Purdue University-Main Campus	IN	In-state 71% · Out-of-state 44% · Fall 2025
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	NC	In-state 37% · Out-of-state 9.6% · Fall 2025
Purdue University Fort Wayne	IN	In-state 88% · Out-of-state 63% · Fall 2025
California State University-Los Angeles	CA	In-state 93% · Out-of-state 69% · Fall 2025
University of Missouri-Kansas City	MO	In-state 85% · Out-of-state 61% · Fall 2024
North Carolina State University at Raleigh	NC	In-state 46% · Out-of-state 25% · Fall 2025
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	IL	In-state 49% · Out-of-state 29% · Fall 2025
University of South Carolina-Columbia	SC	In-state 71% · Out-of-state 52% · Fall 2025
University of Central Florida	FL	In-state 47% · Out-of-state 28% · Fall 2025
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus	GA	In-state 29% · Out-of-state 10% · Fall 2025
Georgia State University	GA	In-state 67% · Out-of-state 48% · Fall 2025
Florida State University	FL	In-state 33% · Out-of-state 14% · Fall 2026
University of Wisconsin-Madison	WI	In-state 56% · Out-of-state 40% · Fall 2025
University of Michigan-Dearborn	MI	In-state 78% · Out-of-state 62% · Fall 2024
University of North Carolina at Charlotte	NC	In-state 83% · Out-of-state 67% · Fall 2025
University of Houston	TX	In-state 77% · Out-of-state 62% · Fall 2025
Saginaw Valley State University	MI	In-state 76% · Out-of-state 61% · Fall 2024
The University of Texas at San Antonio	TX	In-state 87% · Out-of-state 73% · Fall 2024
Central Connecticut State University	CT	In-state 84% · Out-of-state 69% · Fall 2025
University of Georgia	GA	In-state 42% · Out-of-state 28% · Fall 2025
University of Delaware	DE	In-state 86% · Out-of-state 73% · Fall 2025
Virginia Commonwealth University	VA	In-state 89% · Out-of-state 75% · Fall 2024
Texas A&M University-College Station	TX	In-state 54% · Out-of-state 41% · Fall 2025
University of Virginia-Main Campus	VA	In-state 26% · Out-of-state 14% · Fall 2024
The University of Texas at Tyler	TX	In-state 95% · Out-of-state 84% · Fall 2025

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