College of the Atlantic is a fantastic institution but its mission to educate leaders in Human Ecology doesn’t seem to be a fit with what your kid wants.
Budget? I’m not sure what a “real constraint” is. If you can cashflow the entire amount, or a combination of college savings plus cashflow, then your budget is 80-90K per year (times for years). If it’s anything less than that- you have a constraint! So we can be more helpful with an actual budget number…