Since you and D want to keep her list more on the financially feasible and not too heavy on the tippy-top-high-reach side, I’d definitely look at Northern Kentucky. We were very impressed with it. D ended up choosing another school, but she would’ve been very happy there, too. Check out this thread to find out why we were impressed and to get others’ feedback:
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/musical-theater-major/1753430-northern-kentucky-university.html