The number of students from within the Hoosier state attending Purdue and Indiana universities is falling. Nearly half of this year's freshman class at Purdue University came from outside Indiana. I-U saw a record 43-and-a-half percent of the freshmen on its Bloomington campus come from other states. Out-of-state students can help schools make up for cuts in state funding. At Purdue, they pay nearly $29,000 in tuition and fees per year, compared with nearly $10,000 for Indiana residents. Purdue would have received $14 million less this year in tuition and fees if its out-of-state numbers hadn't increased. Meantime, lawmakers are looking into why the number of in-state students is dropping.
