The Ohio publics offer tuition guarantee (a frozen amount that won’t increase for each new cohort) and sometimes that price freeze also includes room & board. Here is the net price calculator for OSU. Dr. Drake expanded need based aid, so even if you don’t qualify for federal aid, you may qualify for an OSU grant. If you are Pell eligible, then the FA packages cover at least tuition and fees, if not total CoA. Highly competitive merit like the full rides or special scholarships your student might get won’t show up on the net price calculator. The NPC only shows federal aid, osu grants, Maximus, Provost or Trustee and for oos applicants National Buckeye (the merit scholarships are competitive and not guaranteed but there are lots that will be offered). In other words, even if the net price is out of range, your student should still apply as long as they are willing to also apply to the full rides and other special scholarships.
OSU’s merit page is below. Note that other than the Land Grant, the full ride scholarships (Eminence soon to be renamed Stamps* and Morrill) require an additional application. It is important to submit by the EA deadline to maximize merit at OSU. OSU also has department scholarships. ECE is one of the few departments that has a full ride to offer, so it will be important to also apply to that special scholarship portal, too once it opens (they will send an email, usually my kids did it over winter break).