Colleges that merit scholarship for finance/Econ/Biz majors [TX resident, 3.98 GPA, top 5% rank, 1550 SAT, <$45k]

Depends on size they want. Alabama has a free app this week - and Culverhouse is strong. It’d be $20K all in - with $28K off. It’s an easy app.

Arizona - would be $30K off - so $25K all in.

Many of hte Southern publics would be in budget - including UF, FSU, UGA, etc.

There are also smaller schools that would be well within budget - whether a College of Charleston, U of Denver, potentially Tulsa, and many others. Even some LACs would be within budget and would have more a bus/econ major vs. maybe finance.

it would help to know what the student is seeking - from a weather, size, etc. POV.

Good luck.

PS - i’m seeing Wall Street - while it’s harder to get to from “regular” schools - it’s not impossible - and depending on what the student wants to do, Wall Street is moving - Charlotte, Nashville, Dallas, etc.

Someone mentioned SMU before and with merit, it could be a very good choice. Indiana Kelly with merit would be another.