<p>Don’t overlook the fact that starred (*) schools from the above link are schools with 1000 students or fewer enrolled each year (meaning 4000 or fewer in the entire college). Use that - it should make your life much easier!</p>
<p>The maker of the NM scholarship thread did her research - the starred schools and ones marked with a ^ should be more of what you are looking for. Don’t forget that need-based aid may be stronger at some schools than others.</p>
<p>Also, keep in mind that college is a time for expanding horizons and learning to be independent. If your daughter isn’t ready to head off to a far away college, allow her to consider a <em>productive</em> gap year or beginning at a nearby state school and transferring later. Because schools like Fordham (full-tuition) or New College of Florida (17.5K) could be perfect for her if she’d consider travel! (Besides, college kids shouldn’t be coming home every other weekend or any such thing no matter how close their college, they will miss out on a lot of different things - maybe if you would run this theory past her, she’d stop letting the fear of homesickness hold her back.)</p>
<p>Or maybe a Christian college (if she is Christian) would be the right kind of more sheltered environment she needs, as Christian2 suggested. Fordham is Jesuit but I wouldn’t say it’s for those who aren’t world-smart (it’s located in Manhattan/the Bronx). Liberty University (in Virginia) is really Christian and guarantees full-ride for NMF and full-tuition for NMSF). Baylor is farther away, and is historically a Christian college - gives full-tuition.</p>
<p>But almost every full-tuition college will cost at least $10,000 when you add up room, board, books, travel, and other expenses. University of Arizona (very large school) has a “full-tuition+” scholarship of $30K, but that still ends up costing almost $9K. If less than $10K is your goal, then your goal is full-ride or full-tuition+++ haha.</p>