When we think of college, everyone thinks of something different.  With college, there are endless opportunities, and options.  We can attend certain days of the week, any college we want to (if we get accepted), choose between private or public, and we also have the option of going to college out of state or college in state.  We all want something different when it comes to college, therefore it is important to make sure we achieve those goals!  If you’re not sure whether you want to take the chance to go to college out of state, or if you want to attend college in state, continue to read below.

Below are the pros and cons of going to college in state.  This just may help you make up your mind!

Pros:

• You will still be by friends and family.
• Depending on how far you are, you can make quicker trips home than if you attended out of state.
• You will probably attend college with some people you already knew from high school.
• You will be in your home state, therefore you will know your way around much better.
• It may be cheaper to go to college in your home state.  (You won’t have to pay out of state tuition prices.)
• You’re less likely to get homesick.

Cons:

• You may take the chance of not liking it.
• You may wish you would have went out of state.
• It might have been time for a change, and now it’s too late.
• Some people regret staying home.
• Going to college out of state may have been one of your only chances to live out of state.

A lot of people contemplate what they want to do when it comes to college.  The options are endless, but you want to make sure you make the right choice at the same time.  So, if you’re debating whether or not you want to stay, consider a few of the pro and cons of going to college in state.