What is your unweighted GPA?
What academic opportunities are you looking for? What is your planned major?
All three of my kids have gone out of state for college at the same cost as room and board at our in state options. Two attended OOS private colleges and the third is headed to an OOS public with a great program in his particular major.
One wanted an LAC. She pursued schools that offered full tuition or full ride scholarships. They all were ranked in the 40-100 range in US News. She wrote a lot of essays for all the supplemental competitive scholarship apps. More than a dozen.
The other two had very specific major interests, one of which was not available in our state at the time, and applied to schools that had what they were looking for and could potentially meet our budget.
There are likely good possibilities available to you, but it’s hard to make recommendations without knowing more of what you are looking for. There are excellent opportunities available at a lot of colleges. It will be up to you to make the most of those opportunities, in Alabama or elsewhere.
Full tuition scholarships very often require early applications. The competitive scholarships may also be looking for leadership and community service in your ECs.