Umn Morris is a public LAC, excellent for science, has merit, and very low tuition.
Look into UMW in VA? They have a table with automatic scholarships.
Same as Truman State.
Hendrix should match your instate tuition and has competitive merit scholarships.
Would she be okay with technical colleges that are seeking more female applicants ? Rpi, rit, wpi, njit, florida tech? Scholarships deadlines may have been yesterday but check.
UMass Lowell has full tuition scholarships but I don’t know if it’d go as low as your price point and it might be a bit too big.
Same thing for SUNY Plattsburgh, UMN Duluth.
All 3 are solid academically though.
Wondering if you shouldn’t add a few “free to apply” private colleges? Like Augustana IL, Concordia Moorhead, Roanoke, Knox?
You have to be careful if she’s aiming for grad school or med school: not all college courses are the same. This is especially true in the humanities (you cannot do the same type of reading and process writing work with students whose average verbal is 480 and with a class where the average is about 700) but also true in science: some universities will dig deeper into an AP Bio general class and move further for Gen Bio 2, some will cover that material in a semester, and some will dilute it greatly…
Grad schools will look at the advanced classes taken; the MCAT will suppose a certain background that has been mastered (the MCAT supposes specific personal study in addition to classes but the background needs to be there.)