For mid-sized schools that might interest your friend’s kid:
- Christopher Newport (VA): About 4400 undergrads. Many students who don’t get into William & Mary end up coming here.
- College of Charleston (SC): About 10k undergrads
- Elon (NC): About 6300 undergrads. This thread talks more about it: Elon Got "Hot". Why?
- Georgia College & State: About 5300 undergrads
- Mercer (GA): About 4900 undergrads.
- U. of Tampa (FL): About 9600 undergrads
If Trinity (TX) with about 2500 undergrads was a contender in terms of size, then some other potential schools to consider might be:
- Florida Southern: About 2700 undergrads
- Furman (SC): About 2300 undergrads…might be a little reachy, but not unreachable
- Rhodes (TN): About 2k undergrads…might be a little reachy, but not unreachable
- Rollins (FL): About 2600 undergrads
- Stetson (FL): About 2600 undergrads
- Wofford (SC): About 1800 undergrads