<p>While SUNYs are relatively low cost for out-of-state students, they are unlikely to be significantly cheaper than in-state Rutgers and other NJ publics, and probably less generous with financial aid (but you can run the net price calculators on each to see).</p>
<p>I don’t recall you mentioning your actual price limit, but note that South Dakota State is about $16,000 list price for out-of-state, and South Dakota Mines is about $21,000 list price for out-of-state; both have a decent selection of ABET-accredited engineering majors.</p>
<p>But if your price limit is lower, you are probably back to the schools like those listed in post #4 with automatic big merit for stats to be candidates for safeties.</p>