Towson University - has marching band, about 35K and a little bit of a reach
http://towsonbands.com/
Coastal Carolina - has marching band, 38K, more of a match
https://www.coastal.edu/spirit/staff.html?type=raul
@Wien2NC - Thanks for the suggestions. We calculated UNC-C @ $32K, ECU @ $31.5K, & UNC-P @ $28.6K. I think I’m going to plan a NC summer road trip to visit these 3 + App State since I’d like to check out the schools/towns since the only place in NC I’ve been to is the Outer Banks.
@gardenstategal - U of SC does give OOS marching band students a $13K scholarship, but the average GPA is 4.04, so definitely a reach for me.
@Mom24boys - Coastal Carolina was on my list, but I learned during my research on this website that it’s important to look at the 4 & 6 yr graduation rates + freshmen retention rates & CCU is below the Nat’l average for all 3.
Thanks everyone!
How do ECU and UNCP compare to the national average for those three statistics?
here’s all the campuses of the UNC system in case you want to research them, crunch the numbers, and add any to your visit list:
https://www.northcarolina.edu/content/our-17-campuses
keep in mind that on-campus room and board seems to run from $9k-$13 per year, so if a school you like lists a cost of attendance over $30K, you could save $$$ and bring it under budget by living off-campus and buying your own food.
@LBad96 - My Mom started a spreadsheet so we can compare data from the Common Data Set for each college.
(I think we got these #'s from the US Dept of Ed)
Nat’l Avg 33% 57% 79%
4 yr 6 yr 1st yr retention + avg GPA @ U
App 40% 71% 86% 4.14
CCU 29% 43% 65% 3.42
ECU 33% 61% 80% 3.76
UNC-C ? 55% 82% 3.86
UNC-P ? 38% 67% 3.40
My “safeties” IS & OOS
ODU 23% 53% 82% 3.28
WVU 33% 57% 79% 3.45
@Wien2NC - thanks for the links to UNC campuses