Your suggested list is very interesting . My son is a sophomore at another BFA MT program,not listed above,but he applied to some of those above and did not apply to others. Had you asked him before he applied and certainly after being in a program now for almost two years, his list of priority schools, even with those of alleged well thought of MT programs, would differ markedly from yours. It really does not matter what others think. It matters what fits for your son. I recommend you and son visit all his choices, consider yourselves fortunate for your choices, and then make your decision. Sit in upper classmen classes if you can and then decide. It’s up to your son what is important to him.