Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE)

Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE)—Under this program, students pay 150% of in-state tuition in partnering states:  Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming.

This will be an increasingly important program as public universities in California shrink and demand grows. Using tuition numbers from US News Ultimate Guide to Colleges 2008, a California resident wishing to attend Washington State would owe $10,299 in out of state tuition. The student from New York attending Washington State would owe $17,180 in out of state tuition! Check it out!