Do the net costs include the $5500 Direct Loan, and earnings from a job YOU have?
As a note…being first generation might help with admissions…but it does not help with merit aid unless there is an award specifically for first generation students.
If your family can pay $15,000 and you take the $5500 Direct Loan…then you have a little over $20,000 as your budget.
Are any of YOUR instate publics within that price point?
@mom2collegekids with 1400 SAT and a 3.9 Uw GPA, and $15,000 from the family and a $5500 Direct Loan…would Alabama be affordable.
@WayOutWestMom what about U of New Mexico?