<p>When looking at the costs you need to compare the total costs. Although the tuition looks similar, room and board seems higher at ASU (assuming you mean Arizona State here) So while a $10k award sounds great it may only net out to $6k. Either way it sounds like you would be taking on a lot of debt at both schools so you need to look for ways to cut that. Consider working on campus, being an RA etc. Certainly VT has a higher ranking for engineering but whether it is worth the extra $24-30k on cost only you can answer. The other factor is to consider how confident you are that you will be able to transfer into engineering and the degree of your choice at VT compared to ASU. Good Luck.</p>