<p>Some states have colleges that they want more students to go to so they offer in state tuition (or low tution) to out of staters, so they are inexpensive for everyone. Since you are American, I would assume you would qualify for the out of state tuitions. Maybe apply to one of these, just in case the scholarships don't work out. (I had posted this before but had Canadian colleges on it; it turns out the Canadian colleges are not bad but there are extra fees: the ones on this list appear to be quite inexpensive for everyone. Check into them; sometimes a lower tier school has a nice program in the major you are interested in.) These colleges offer out of state tuitions of 7200 or less per year. I personally think the Oregon and Minnesota colleges might be good for safety schools, all with tuitions under $6500 per year. These are colleges that -at least when I last checked- offer the same reasonable in state tuitions they have for local kids to any out of state students who apply.</p>
<p>First column is School name
Second "column" is Tuition and fees (in state)
Third "column" is Tuition and fees (out-of-state)
Fourth "column" is room and board</p>
<p>Univ. of ArkansasMonticello "$4,150 " "$4,930 " "$3,366 "
Oklahoma Panhandle State Univ. "$3,461 " "$5,687 " "$4,100 "
Eastern Oregon University "$5,826 " "$5,826 " "$7,776 "
Southeastern Oklahoma State U. "$3,372 " "$5,998 " "$3,190 "
Northern State University (SD) "$4,962 " "$6,153 " "$4,102 "
Southwest MN State Univ (MN) "$6,240 " "$6,240 " "$5,324 "
Bemidji State University (MN) "$6,490 " "$6,490 " "$5,628 "
Univ. of the District of Columbia "$3,210 " "$6,510 " N/A
Murray State University (KY) "$4,998 " "$6,788 " "$5,226 "
University of South Alabama "$3,510 " "$6,820 " "$5,872 "
Peru State College (NE) "$3,800 " "$6,860 " "$4,816 "
Chadron State College (NE) "$3,855 " "$6,945 " "$4,065 "
Morgan State University (MD) "$3,209 " "$6,982 " "$3,495 "
Southern Arkansas University "$4,890 " "$7,080 " "$3,930 "
Wayne State College (NE) "$4,013 " "$7,088 " "$4,470 "
South Carolina State University "$3,639 " "$7,161 " "$2,559 "</p>