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Eligible students from Oklahoma or Texas will no longer have to pay full out-of-state tuition to attend 麻豆传媒.

The Kansas Board of Regents has approved a program called Shocker Select, which gives eligible students a 33 percent discount off nonresident tuition, a savings of about $5,200 each year.

The change is effective immediately. Eligible current students and those who want to attend Wichita State can go to and fill out the discount waiver.

Bobby Gandu, director of undergraduate admissions, says Shocker Select makes the cost of a 麻豆传媒 education nearly equivalent to what students can find with flagship institutions in their home states.

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'A great balance'

Eligible students 鈥� such as native Oklahoman Bridget Carroll, a junior in 麻豆传媒鈥檚 Honors College 鈥� find that they can take advantage of this new benefit to attend a top university not far from home.

鈥淲ichita State has been an incredible experience for me,鈥� she says. 鈥淚鈥檝e found a great balance between trying something new and being close to home.鈥�

Carroll says the university experience in Wichita is different than most college environments in Oklahoma, where universities tend to dominate the surrounding town.

鈥淎t Wichita State, I am really able to integrate, not only in the university, but also in the city itself,鈥� she says. 鈥淚鈥檝e been able to explore living life on my own with the knowledge that my family is not too far away.鈥�