<p>I live in Illinois, and I know what you mean about pricey OOS programs, haha. I’ll look up Kendall, and have heard excellent things about VCU, although VCU does not offer an illustration program as far as I could see. If I attended, I would probably go into their drawing and painting course though. I will also look into the other schools you mentioned as well. </p>
<p>Cost definitely is a factor, and is why I am doing my undergrad at a (hopefully) less expensive public school than going straight into a 40,000 dollar art school.</p>