<p>Agreed on the cost, but they all tend to offer good merit. My son was offered 80-100k from the ones he applied to. They all see each other as equivalents too, so if merit is great at one, but not the other, you can ask for a reassessment of your award. I mainly added them to the discussion just to help the OP expand her search horizon beyond the USNWR realm. You can’t beat the southern state schools for price if you’re a strong candidate, but then you’re in the South. :)) </p>
<p>As long as I get to throw names out, Lehigh was one my son looked at too. Great engineering, wonderful school spirit, theater dept, old football rivalry with Lafayette and a greek system.</p>