<p>Ithaca College has 6,000 undergrads, a school of music, a wide range of liberal arts majors and is pretty far from Minnesota. It’s also in a college town with Cornell, which may have appeal. Ithaca also has a surprisingly long list of famous alumni, especially in media - Bob Iger, Rod Serling, Ricki Lake, David Boreanaz, etc. Your daughter is very competitive for the range of merit scholarships they have: <a href=“Financial Aid Basics | Ithaca College”>Financial Aid Basics | Ithaca College;
<p>SUNY Purchase also has a relatively low OOS cost and might be appealing for someone with wide-ranging interests who wants to study music on the side, as they’re pretty well-known in the arts.</p>
<p>I also know this school violates a couple of your daughter’s requirements (It’s in Wisconsin and it’s pretty small - 1500 students), but Lawrence University is a small LAC with a music conservatory attached to it.</p>
<p>She might also be interested in Southern Methodist University - they have a school of music, is in the relative size your daughter wants (11,000 students), and it’s a top 100 university. They also offer a lot of merit scholarships! (<a href=“Merit Scholarships”>http://www.smu.edu/Admission/Academics/Honors/MeritScholarships</a>).</p>
<p>Emory has a pretty nice arts community, is in the population range but also offers merit scholarships. They are very very competitive, but your daughter has the kind of stats they look for in Woodruff Scholars. (One of my friends from HS was a Woodruff Scholar at Emory. He’s a doctor now!)</p>
<p>Duquesne has a school of music and they offer scholarships, although there is not much information on their page.</p>