Ignoring the lacrosse recruiting possibilities (which, depending on the school, could be a big hook), here is a not-small list of schools that are primarily in the northeast that are small to mid-size that I think would have a chance (or perhaps even a very good chance) of getting into the target price range.
Some of these are state schools, some private schools, some at schools with a religious affiliation that are very open to people of all faiths and sexual identies, and some with more conservative religious backgorounds. This is just a jumping off point of places that your family may want to consider, and other posters might have specific feedback about some of these that might nudge you toward (or away) from some of them as well.
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Arcadia (PA ): About 1900 undergrads
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Baldwin Wallace (OH): About 2700 undergrads
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Canisius (NY): About 1800 undergrads
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Clark (MA): About 2400 undergrads
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Frostburg State (MD): About 3300 undergrads
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Hobart William Smith (NY): About 1600 undergrads
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John Carroll (OH): About 2400 undergrads
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Keene State (NJ): About 2700 undergrads
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King’s College (PA ): About 1700 undergrads
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Merrimack (MA): About 4200 undergrads
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Messiah (PA ): About 2500 undergrads
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Moravian (PA ): About 1900 undergrads
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Plymouth State (NJ): About 3300 undergrads
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Saint Anselm (NH): About 2k undergrads
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Saint Joseph’s (PA ): About 5100 undergrads
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Salisbury (MD): About 6400 undergrads
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Siena (NY): About 3500 undergrads
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Stockton (NJ): About 8100 undergrads
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SUNY Brockport: About 5100 undergrads, and tuition should be the same as at UCONN
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SUNY New Paltz: About 6100 undergrads, and tuition should be the same as at UCONN
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SUNY Oneonta: About 4900 undergrads, and tuition should be the same as at UCONN
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SUNY Oswego: About 6k undergrads, and tuition should be the same as at UCONN
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SUNY Plattsburgh: About 4k undergrads, and tuition should be the same as at UCONN
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Wheaton (MA): About 1700 undergrads
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Widener (PA ): About 2600 undergrads