<p>In general what I encountered was the more the school costs, the more aid is available. My son ended up getting into ane excellent program at a state school, but before that he was going to go to a place where the price tag was about $50,000. But with the aid package that the more expensive school provided we would only have been marginally more out of pocket than the state school he ended up going to.</p>
<p>The exception to this rule was Fordham. They have an excellent BA program in theater, but the aid they offered might as well have been a rejection - and the package was not even finalized 'til after their deadline for acceptance! It was like pulling teeth to get any information out of them. To say that dealing with the Fianancial Aid office at Fordham was unpleasant would be a gross understatement. Apparently they are quite generous with financial aid for atheletes, though.</p>