One thing to factor in with ISU is the annual tuition increase. My younger D was accepted and planning to attend next fall. As we’ve been looking and talking to others the one thing I keep hearing is to plan for an increase in tuition annually.
Also, some of the programs have an automatic bump up in tuition when you start your higher level classes. We’re going to be there next week for an admitted student day and we plan to ask about the tuition increases and program bumps that we’ve been hearing about.
My oldest D hasn’t really had to deal with that at her school but it seems a little more of an issue at ISU then other schools we looked at. As your doing your planning and working your numbers, make sure you are factoring in the annual increase.