Public universities that admit out-of-state applicants at a higher rate

Public universities where out-of-state applicants are admitted at a higher rate than in-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
University of California-Davis	CA	In-state 37% · Out-of-state 63% · Fall 2025
University of California-Irvine	CA	In-state 22% · Out-of-state 48% · Fall 2025
Stony Brook University	NY	In-state 40% · Out-of-state 63% · Fall 2025
University of California-Santa Barbara	CA	In-state 32% · Out-of-state 55% · Fall 2025
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	MN	In-state 64% · Out-of-state 85% · Fall 2025
University of Connecticut	CT	In-state 41% · Out-of-state 59% · Fall 2025
State University of New York at New Paltz	NY	In-state 61% · Out-of-state 77% · Fall 2024
University of California-San Diego	CA	In-state 25% · Out-of-state 40% · Fall 2025
SUNY College at Geneseo	NY	In-state 54% · Out-of-state 67% · Fall 2025
University of California-Santa Cruz	CA	In-state 71% · Out-of-state 84% · Fall 2025
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	VA	In-state 47% · Out-of-state 59% · Fall 2025
Rutgers University-New Brunswick	NJ	In-state 62% · Out-of-state 72% · Fall 2023
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	TX	In-state 84% · Out-of-state 92% · Fall 2023
West Virginia University	WV	In-state 74% · Out-of-state 81% · Fall 2024
Oklahoma State University-Main Campus	OK	In-state 74% · Out-of-state 79% · Fall 2025
University of Massachusetts-Amherst	MA	In-state 58% · Out-of-state 64% · Fall 2025

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