I would recommend that you get very familiar with this site, as Florida has many additional grant opportunities for its residents: Home - Florida Student Scholarship & Grant Programs (though this website might at give you a better idea of which programs to apply to from the official website linked above).
Also, in addition to running the Net Price Calculators, for Florida privates, reach out to their financial aid offices to see if their NPCs include all the financial aid that might be available to you as a Florida, Pell Grant-eligible student, as Florida does seem to have additional aid available for students attending private schools in its state.
U. of Florida has become very competitive, even for in-state applicants. There were students with similarly high SATs and higher GPAs who did not receive acceptances this past year. That’s not to say you shouldn’t apply, but it definitely is not a safety.
I would strongly urge you to start your list by looking for places where you are extremely likely to be admitted, extremely likely to be able to afford, and that you would happily attend. These are some of the Florida publics I’d look into for that category (as UF is not an extremely likely admittance and although I’d think you’re a likely admit at Florida State, with a 37% admittance rate from 2021 I wouldn’t classify it as extremely likely).
- Florida Polytechnic, much smaller than the others outside of New College, but really specializes in the tech fields)
- Florida Atlantic
- U. of Central Florida
- U. of South Florida
- New College of Florida (public)…CS may not be what they’re known for, but I believe they may cover the remainder of the COA for Pell-eligible students…but obviously double-check this.
- A 4-year Florida public university offering CS that you could commute to from home (again, financial safety)
Some private schools that may turn out to be more affordable than one might expect (due to the Florida grants) are:
- Florida Institute of Technology
- U. of Miami
- Embry-Riddle -Daytona Beach
Apart from an affordable school, do you have any preferences about the kind of school you would like to attend? Large, medium, small? Urban, suburban, rural? How do you feel about lots of attention on sports of Greek life? Are there certain types of experiences you would like to have in college? Is there a certain distance away from home you want to target (minimum or maximum)? It’s not to say that all of these may be possible to get in an affordable package, but it might help us provide suggestions of places that are likely to meet as many of your wishes as possible.