Please chance a 1st Gen Hispanic Engineering Student for some Schools! [NJ resident, 3.79 GPA, top 8%]

Do you need a low net price after financial aid or scholarships?

Note that you can only borrow up to $5.5k first year, and a reasonable estimate for part time and summer work earnings tends to be in the $3-5k range. So if your parents can contribute nothing, $8-10k is the most you can realistically self-fund under most conditions.

Public universities usually have little or no need based financial aid for out of state students.