This is a mistake IMHO. You should study what you want. If a school doesn’t offer what you want, plenty do - at your price point - as I showed above.
Life is long. College isn’t.
Study what you want.
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Btw KU Honors - one of the top in the country. If you have interest in what an Honors College offers.
IMHO - the school delivers.
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Just wanted to note that my daughter got big merit at Creighton, total cost (this is 2023) was about 26K a year for her. Her stats were not as good as yours but she was out of state. If you like Creighton maybe consider Gonzaga, they also give great merit and generous aid which could lower your cost close to your budget and they are similar feeling schools with a bonus of Gonzaga having engineering 
Also throwing out Trinity University in Texas, which gives big merit, has engineering, and would love a student from Nebraska and plays tennis.
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Hence the need to do the NPC on privates of interest. I assume you had need aid ?
Nope! all merit.
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Case Western is good for engineering and pre-med. Merit ranges widely.
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OK - so worth a shot - but I’d say only if the student loses engineering interest - since they can’t do it there.
Good info. Someone said up to $26K - obviously not correct.
Thanks
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That is good information on Gonzaga. If it’s similar to Creighton, I will take a look at it.
I actually have a cousin that just graduated from Trinity. She loved it. I didn’t realize Trinity had engineering. That is great to know. Thank you!
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Marquette could be another to look at, in the same genre as Gonzaga, with an engineering school, and merit potential. Milwaukee has a lot to offer. Tennis is D1, but they have club tennis also.
For D3 tennis + engineering + need-based aid, check out Tufts, CMU (already on your list), Union, Johns Hopkins, Harvey Mudd, CWRU, URochester, and both Trinities: Trinity U in San Antonio (already suggested above) and Trinity College in Hartford. Some of these give merit aid as well, but all meet documented need - run NPC’s to see whether their need-based aid would be enough. In addition, you might get very good merit from some of the STEMmier D3’s that don’t necessarily meet full need, but that struggle to get their female numbers up and would find you a very attractive candidate as an academically-strong female athlete - RPI, WPI, Rose-Hulman, and Stevens. Need aid plus merit might get you to budget, depending on your financial profile.
UAH is D3 but unfortunately they cancelled their tennis program during the pandemic and haven’t brought it back. Could be a great option for you in other ways though.
If you’re interested in STEM+Business, you might consider applying to the Raikes School at UNL. You can choose an engineering major within the Raikes framework.
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It pains me to say it, but you’ll never get CU to under $30k, and it is unlikely Mines will come in at that level but it is at least possible. Mines has extra funding for certain majors, and they love female applicants. It is a D2 school, has a women’s tennis team, and gives scholarships and NIL money. Sports are actually pretty well regarded at Mines, with their football team going to the national championship game for 3 of the last few years. I have a nephew who attend and they give him more and more money for things like this summer in Italy and surrounding countries. He plays club hockey there but they went to the championship this year and I think the school paid for the trip. Not luxurious, but fun.
Wyoming was good suggestion. You’ll receive the highest Brown and Gold award (and pay 150% of instate tuition), housing is cheap, and you’ll come in way under $30k. I think all engineers still get $2500, and there are other scholarships too, most based on your major. Most are ‘alum’ scholarships, money donated by alums, and the recipient is required to write a letter to the donor alum. Dick Cheney gets hundreds of letters every year as the Cheney family sponsors scholarships for all study abroad students.
I like Iowa State too.
And I’ll have to reluctantly recommend UNL (those old football rivalries are still strong and I went to CU). It doesn’t make much sense to spend two or three times as much to go to other schools. If money is no object, then sure, shoot for MIT or Michigan, but you are on a budget and there good programs at Wyo, ISU, UNL, and maybe at Mines (just because they have a lot of hidden scholarships, and tennis might work for you there. Montana and Montana State are possibilities too.
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You can be “premed” while studying engineering. All premed means is that you have taken the required courses for medical school applicants.
ETA…and doing volunteer work with less privileged folks, shadowing, and doing some patient facing volunteer or paid work…which can be done in the summers or during a glide year.
However, if you are truly premed, you really should have already started some conversations and perhaps shadowing so that you have some idea what you are actually getting yourself into.
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The Mines in SD starts at a close-to-affordable non-resident list price, so it may take less scholarship money to bring it into affordability for the OP.
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Since you are healthy & physically fit & want aero engineering & low cost/no cost college:
Cadets are paid monthly during their 4 years at a service academy.
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Did you happen to take the PSAT? And if so, does your score predict you may be a National Merit Semifinalist? I ask because there are some schools that give full rides for National Merit scholars.
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Perhaps you were intending to reply in a different thread by a poster interested in aerospace engineering, rather than this thread by a poster interested in chemical engineering?
I did not. I blame myself, though my school doesn’t push the PSAT. I was aware of National Merit designations but I didn’t understand the perks that went along with the distinction.
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If you read OP’s thread starting post more carefully, you will discover that the OP is undecided among four majors one of which is aerospace engineering (which includes aeronautical engineering.)
Have you reached out to coaches at your reach schools? It’s not uncommon for bioengineering, chemical engineering, or biomedical engineering majors to be premed, but aerospace engineering + premed is a very tall order due to the lack of overlapping course requirements - I would expect to take at least five years to graduate with that combination.