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Yes I have no doubt NYU deserves a spot on that hall of shame list. I do want to remind people though that just because a school offers grants and scholarships, doesn’t mean that you are going to receive one. Be aware of the practices at each school you are interested in and if you know for sure money is going to be an issue, include schools that are just plain less expensive even if you don’t get a penny in grant or scholarship money. For example, Tisch and CMU actually cost the same in terms of just tuition (around 48K) though room and board is of course cheaper in Pittsburgh than in NYC. Northwestern is right behind it at 47K and though they are one of the schools that meet 100% of need, if you don’t have any need they might be happy to have you pay the whole thing. U Mich is 45K for out of state. BoCo around 42K. In contrast, Montclair is 20K for out of state and it might even offer instate tuition to the BFA program for out of state residents maybe @calliene can verify that. It looks like it does on the website. TSU does the instate tuition for sure and theirs is around 9K including fees. (Sigh… these schools are really bargains.) In between you might find a school like Pace at 38K but Pace seems to have a practice of discounting tuition for good students so it seems like coming down from that number is doable. There are many other schools that are known to do this too but practices can change from year to year so your best bet is including some schools that are just cheaper in the first place even if you do not get a dime. Pay close attention to location as well because sometimes it isn’t the tuition that will kill you, it’s the room and board. </p>