I would encourage you to visit campus, meet students, sit in on classes, meet professors – they are very different options. Above and beyond any finances involved and how that works for your family (and I echo the sentiment above about costs increasing in years 2,3,4 with housing at Pace), your son will have to find the program where he feels most at home and where he feels he will be nurtured as an artist. What a gift to have such great options!