@i012575 , He was admitted to Rice (cost similar to Vanderbilt, about $245K) as well but the Houston heat and fire ants are pretty oppressive and Houston is not Nashville. We are going to look carefully at the STEM MBA and engineering management programs at Bama (thanks @SOSConcern ) and see if there is an equivalent at Michigan. After tracking the continual rise in tuition costs at the private schools and with no clear cap in the future, we will likely see COA pushing $75-$80K in his final years which is beyond our pain threshold.