[theVirginian]

Part of the reason for raising tuition is also to discourage out of state students from applying so that they can provide a relatively high quality of education to state's residences that is accessible to many of the state's residents. Georgia does this, as well as some other schools.

[joe_the_user]

Most US states used to do that. Now, at the least, the University Of California prefers out-of-state and out-of-country just for the extra tuition and charges tuition that's not really accessible for in-state students.