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NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The University of New Orleans will offer in-state tuition rates to first-year, out-of-state undergraduate students who meet eligibility requirements beginning with the fall 2013 semester.

UNO President Peter Foss id the Privateer First Year Scholarship will help the university cast a wider net in attracting more high ability students nationwide and from around the world.

The scholarship is limited to eight semesters. Click here for more information.

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