What colleges should I consider

tk21769
Sat, 20 Jan 2018 15:13:27 +0000

In the following list of state universities, click-sort on the 4th-to-last column (showing out-of-state costs of attendance):
https://www.kiplinger.com/tool/college/T014-S001-kiplinger-s-best-values-in-public-colleges/index.php

If your parents are able and willing to contribute $35K/year, then you might want to add up to ~$7500/year for “self help” (student loans, work-study, summer jobs) to get a total budget of $42,500. For that, Ohio State would be a little over budget (but look up their OOS merit scholarship opportunities). OOS public schools within budget would include:
University of Pittsburgh
University of Iowa
University of Florida
University of Alabama
University of Missouri
University of Oklahoma
University of Minnesota
University of Central Florida
etc.

So even without scholarship money, you may be able to afford many large state universities with strong sports and accounting programs. FWIW, US News ranks the University of Florida #11 among undergraduate accounting programs.