<p>Iowa State has a very good engineering program. It is doubtful that she could find an out-of-state option at a similar cost, since her 27 ACT is low for merit awards. </p>
<p>My inclination would be to continue at Iowa State, since she has so many credits which would probably be harder to transfer elsewhere, and graduate a year early. And then think about a master’s degree program somewhere else. This path would probably cost about the same amount of time and money as starting at a different college and ending up with a BS instead of an MS.</p>