Please look at University of New Mexico. They give generous merit.
University of Chicago is a fafsa only school that meets full need. But the OP would need to get accepted…and I’m not sure that would be a likely admit.
Seconding Truman State, UNM. Look at UMN Morris.
The following private universities offer good financial aid and may be worth applying to as reaches (applying from Utah would likely give you a 'geographical diversity ’ boost. It’s have been better if you’d taken the act once more to increase the score) . Most importantly : They do NOT use the non custodial parent income:
Bentley (business, mis )
Bucknell
College of Wooster
Elon
Gettysburg
Gustavus Adolphus
Illinois Wesleyan
Ithaca
Lewis and Clark
Marist
RPI
St Edwards
St Lawrence
Trinity Texas
UNC Chapel Hill
U Chicago
UVA
Vanderbilt
RUN THE NPC 's!
Vanderbilt and UChicago really like act’s in the 32-36 range so they’re probably out unless you have a lot of time to complete the apps.
Good list. UNC-CH will be a huge reach. NC doesn’t accept a high percentage of OOS students. The school does meet full need for all accepted students.
All of these schools will expect you to pay your family contribution. And at many, it will be more than $6900.
But do try!
Bucknell uses their own non custodial parent form. Some of the others may as well.
OP: run the NPC’s FIRST - then you will see if the noncustodial parent info is collected and which of these might be workable choices for you.
These parents are divorced, and one remarried. The net price calculators are sometimes not accurate in these situations.
@thumper1 In this case, any question on the NPC about a noncustodial parent will disqualify the school, since the dad is not willing to contribute anything.
Doesn’t UChi have some of their own FA forms?
Chicago has a very brief form of their own. One of their stated missions when they changed their form submission policy was to NOT deny access to their school because of non-custodial parent issues.
How does this thread even get to have Chicago? The OP has an ACT of 30.