With 7 AP by graduation. Only a junior but looking to tour. Need to find schools that will come in lower than in state at Rutgers. Prefer New England and AACSB accreditation. Lots of volunteering, sports, no true hook. Not likely to get financial aid so looking for schools that give good merit.
For the budget, will you be eligible for any financial aid?
Very unlikely except possibly at reach schools that are more generous.
OK - will you have a test?
Rutgers is $34,100.
So - you have other in-state schools You can look for AACSB but I’m sure they’ll have and accounting - the school name less important.
But schools like Rowan, Ramapo, Montclair State will be in line.
Too bad you want New England because with a good SAT/ACT, you can be price in the deep south 
But others to look at - potentially - not assuredly:
U Maine - might offer a flagship match - match Rutgers tuition
Plymouth State - seems to offer $13K merit for the gpa which would get you mid 20s.
Eastern CT would work - that tells me to check Central and Western too.
MCLA may work
Those are your New England States
Now - depending on an SAT/ACT and not in New England, some SUNYs - thinking not the big names but the New Paltz, Brockport, Plattsburgh types can be worth investigating if they have the major + Salisbury, Millersville, PassHe type schools, West Chester, etc.
Good luck
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Please so a chance me/match me thread. Answer all the questions on the template, and really you will get better responses.
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She will test but hasn’t yet so I don’t know her scores yet. And yeah, New England is expensive but she is definitely not a deep south person and she has connections to New England and loves is up there.
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That list I gave should work.
A 3.7 will likely be low for the BU, Northeastern, etc. Bentley is great and could work but not at your price point,
So you give up choice based on budget and in your case geographical limitations but there are choices - and with accounting, I’d worry less about the name. So even with a great test, the list will likely stay similar to what I put and whatever else others can offer at assured to hit cost (which is what I tried to do).
I thought maybe the concern is she doesn’t get into Rutgers, hence I listed the other schools. But think about schools like Albany/Plattsburgh - they’re practically New England (just a small drive away) So that might add to choice…might…with merit.
Hopefully my list gives you a fresh group of schools to check out.
Good luck.
My NJ students who didn’t want to go to Rutgers/TCNJ like their siblings applied to a bunch (20+) northeast schools, just targets and likelies do to needing merit (less rejective, more merit). With a 3.95, 33/34 act, 9 AP’s, Temple, St. Joe’s, and SUNY Bing were the only ones under $35,000, and not much. They were offered merit (sometimes top scholarships) at all, but it wasn’t enough to bring it down to $35,000. UDel, UCONN, UMASS, Pitt, UMD, URI, Marist, Scranton, Quinnapiac (plus more). Your best bet are other NJ schools like Stockton, Rowan, Montclair…
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I agree.
Northeast schools aren’t known for generous merit, and it’ll be very hard to beat Rutgers’ COA
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Agree that other NJ publics such as TCNJ, Rowan, etc. would likely be the best options.
But if OP wants to go to New England, there are schools that will meet $34K. They won’t be household names but they exist.
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Can’t really know where your daughter will get good merit aid without knowing her gpa, class rank, and standardized test scores, etc.
SUNY and U of Maine both have flagship tuition match programs in which they will charge the same tuition + fees that you would pay at Rutgers. In addition SUNY Geneseo, Cartland, and Oneonta all have generous discounts for out of state students as do previously mentioned Connecticut state college campuses (except for UConn) and Rhode Island College in Providence, some of which are less than Rutgers tuition.
I missed it at first, but it says 3.7 in the title.
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If it does come down to the in-state options being the only affordable ones, it might ease the sting a little to attend one of the three that participate in the National Student Exchange program: Montclair, Stockton, and William Paterson. This program would allow her to spend a semester or a full year at another participating school, while paying her home campus’ tuition. There are quite a few schools in the New England states that participate: National Student Exchange - Campuses / Location
Smaller SUNYs have been mentioned, but the larger Albany campus participates in the Flagship Match program, and she might get some merit there too, and potentially Honors College. Business programs are strong, and you can cross the border into New England in less than an hour. BS Accounting | University at Albany
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Take a look at Susquehanna in PA. It’s a “ Liberal Arts School” that has a AACSB accredited business school. Even though it’s a private college with high first cost, every accepted student receives 40K a year minimum in merit. With a 3.7 UW and other grants they offer it should get close to 50k. Also she would have a good shot at their honors program. COA can net below 30K
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I want to second the comment about the flagship match program at SUNY Albany. And all the SUNYs, Albany probably has the strongest reputation for Business . . . and for the liveliest campus culture. 
And if you really want to go deep into New England University of Maine will be even cheaper than Rutgers because they will match Rutgers tuition and fees but their room & board costs are cheaper than Rutgers’. They have more than half a dozen Business majors.
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If I were looking for a bargain at a private college in New England, I’d start with Springfield College because their costs are so low for a private college to begin with. Tuition, fees, room, & board = $61,700. And they have a reputation for being generous with financial aid. On the tour I took with my GS, we were told by our tour guide, “If you don’t like what you are offered, appeal it and they’ll increase it.” Springfield is best known for their health sciences programs and is not AACSB accredited, but they do have several business majors.
About a mile away from Springfield College, on the outskirts of town, is Western New England University and they are AACSB. They offer about a dozen business majors. Their cost of attendance is about $66,000. In the case of both of these colleges, you only need grants/scholarships in the neighborhood of $25.000 - $30,000 to get the cost down to something similar to Rutgers. I believe that your daughter will be competitive for such awards at both.
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I believe Rider University has a well regarded accounting program in the greater NYC and Philly area. They are AACSB accredited. Graduates are well represented in the business community in those regions.
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I belive Rider is facing a difficult financial position at this time.
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They have been running an annual deficit for some time. But so are many other schools. Their business school is unlikely to see cuts.