We did look at a few other schools and community colleges and the costs were not much different and did not offer the degree he had (all seemed about 2K in difference. The community colleges are about 45 minutes away and he could possibly commute, but he has a lot of his generals already from taking them in high school. The degree he has chosen will still take typical 4 years due to having to take some classes before others, etc.
They said they gave the max allowed Federal loans for a year($5500). So we need to come up with $15,424each year in our own loans or however we can find to pay. So, $61,600 for 4 years. Most schools we have looked at are pretty close to those amounts.