Academic Common Market (ACM): Public colleges within the 15 participating southeastern states of the ACM agree to charge in-state tuition to those students attending an out-of-state college within the ACM *if* the student’s home state does not offer the student’s program of study. For example, a student from landlocked Tennessee who wants to major in Marine Biology, a program unavailable at Tennessee state schools, can attend Coastal Carolina University without paying the much higher out-of-state tuition rate. Only programs not available in your home state are eligible for reduced tuition, and individual colleges may impose additional restrictions (such as GPA or grade level requirements). Though most public colleges within ACM states participate, there are a few big name colleges that opt out (University of Virginia is one, and Georgia Tech participates only at the graduate level). Participating states: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida (graduate school only), Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas (graduate school only), Virginia, and West Virginia.