Academic Common Market: Helping College Graduates in Their Next Step

Many Auburn University at Montgomery graduating students are looking towards the next step in their education and career: graduate school; however, students may find that AUM does not have the right graduate program for them nor other universities in the state and the cost of out-of-state tuition is intimidating. That is why the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) partners with 16 Southern states through The Academic Common Market (ACM) to allow prospective graduate students “tuition-savings” opportunities to continue pursuing their life-long education along with undergraduates students as well.

According to SREB, ACM allows students to enroll in out-of-state public colleges and universities “who want to pursue degrees that are not offered by their in-state institutions.”  This means that students who are limited by the graduate program options or undergraduate program options in the state of Alabama can go to out-of-state public schools for the cost of in-state tuition. Though there are requirements and stipulations, there is a wide and diverse amount of programs that are offered across the following participating states: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.

To apply and qualify for ACM programs a graduate or undergraduate student:

  1. Must be a resident of any of the 16 participating states.
  2. Must be accepted into the program that the student is applying for at the school and meet school requirements.
  3. Must be certified by the student’s home state
  4. Confirm that the program the student is pursuing is not offered in the state
  5. Submit all required documents to verify state residency.

For more information on graduate and undergraduate program opportunities outside of Alabama visit: www.sreb.org/academic-common-market.

By Ashleigh Hicks

By Aumnibus Staff

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