I think @RookMSU started the topic not about the south - but about how much another point on the ACT will impact merit - and it’s hard to say if at all - other than the schools that publish a table.
And of those I could only find Ms State where it does. Others are 32 - not SS - but those schools take the budget equation away.
I agree - the student wants a small school (thinking like a Kalamazoo) or Wooster that might come to the 35-40K mentioned in the title but @RookMSU mentioned a few large ones (I think OSU and MSU) and hence the southern came up due to the test score increase and budget needs.
But it sounds more in line with parental desire than student desire…but it answers the question on the increase (well one school I could find).