An Exploration of Nonresident Student Enrollment and Institutional Finances at Public Universities
Many public universities have sought to increase the number of students they enroll from other states, with the assumption that a larger share of nonresident students increases institutional revenues and prestige. In this paper, I examine the extent to which out-of-state undergraduate student enrol...
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Many public universities have sought to increase the number of students they enroll from other states, with the assumption that a larger share of nonresident students increases institutional revenues and prestige. In this paper, I examine the extent to which out-of-state undergraduate student enrollment shares are associated with changes in per-student revenue and expenditure patterns at four-year public universities both as a whole and by selectivity and Carnegie classification. I find that an increase in the percentage of students from out of state is associated with decreases in per-student tuition revenue and is often associated with a decline in per-student expenditures.
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| spelling | doaj.art-2c957256b24e4ecc9eb64fc24ccc702b2023-01-30T20:24:36ZengFlorida State Open PublishingJournal of Postsecondary Student Success2769-48792769-48872021-08-011110.33009/fsop_jpss121539An Exploration of Nonresident Student Enrollment and Institutional Finances at Public UniversitiesRobert Kelchen0Seton Hall University Many public universities have sought to increase the number of students they enroll from other states, with the assumption that a larger share of nonresident students increases institutional revenues and prestige. In this paper, I examine the extent to which out-of-state undergraduate student enrollment shares are associated with changes in per-student revenue and expenditure patterns at four-year public universities both as a whole and by selectivity and Carnegie classification. I find that an increase in the percentage of students from out of state is associated with decreases in per-student tuition revenue and is often associated with a decline in per-student expenditures. https://journals.flvc.org/jpss/article/view/121539out-of-state studentsinstitutional financestuitionhigher education policy |
| spellingShingle | Robert Kelchen An Exploration of Nonresident Student Enrollment and Institutional Finances at Public Universities Journal of Postsecondary Student Success out-of-state students institutional finances tuition higher education policy |
| title | An Exploration of Nonresident Student Enrollment and Institutional Finances at Public Universities |
| title_full | An Exploration of Nonresident Student Enrollment and Institutional Finances at Public Universities |
| title_fullStr | An Exploration of Nonresident Student Enrollment and Institutional Finances at Public Universities |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Exploration of Nonresident Student Enrollment and Institutional Finances at Public Universities |
| title_short | An Exploration of Nonresident Student Enrollment and Institutional Finances at Public Universities |
| title_sort | exploration of nonresident student enrollment and institutional finances at public universities |
| topic | out-of-state students institutional finances tuition higher education policy |
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