Regarding budget and FA, make sure you run each school’s net price calculator to get a COA estimate. You may have variable results in the list of schools above, as some meet full need and some don’t. They all use different formulas to calculate what a family can pay. They will all include $10K scholarship in their FA package, as none of these schools stack scholarships (said differently, they will decrease the aid they give you by $10K). Here is NYU’s NPC (NYU does not meet full need for all students) Estimate Your Cost
Note that NPCs may not be accurate if your parents are divorced, own a business, or own real estate in addition to a primary home.
Let us know if the NPCs for these schools are affordable.