No more then $12,000/yr. Hopefully she can get at least $10,000 year merit. I am looking at universities that are under $15,000/ yr. But that just leaves us instate or maybe University of Alabama or similar school. Unless we could figure out how to get in state in NC. Move earlier if it is that important to her. She doesn’t have any scores yet so it is hard to figure out if she could get any merit. Has the grades but just a waiting game till testing starts. I just ordered a bunch of SAT books for her to start studying.