I think $250,000 annual income would put you out of the running for any substantial need based aid…everywhere.
At places like Yale, Harvard, Stanford, you might get a smaller amount of need based aid…maybe…because remember your assets are also considered when making the need based aid calculations.
I’m not sure you would get your costs to $30,000 even at the most generous schools with $250,000 in income and your assets added in. If the net price calculators are not giving you lower numbers…you probably want to believe them.
Note…some folks here say they got significant need based aid…but when queried add things like having multiple kids in college at the same time.