ECU is unlikely to be affordable for an OOS student w/ a $25K limit.
There are schools that allow ASL as a FL- you have to check each school to find out if they do & if they allow testing out of a FL requirement.
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Yeah, even if she got a couple of institutional scholarships they would be minimal and leave a price 3-5K over $25K. However, I’m going off the assumption the OP doesn’t know exactly what her limit is. She raised it from $15K to $25K earlier, and left room for interpretation by saying her parents have been putting in the max since her birth.
If ECU is on her short list, she should at least present it to her parents so they can tell her if another $4K is absolutely out of the question or not. None of us really know, but they will.
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Definitely would recommend checking out University of Utah.
Also, while George Mason’s law and some other grad schools skew conservative, I don’t think the undergrad population is particularly conservative. It’s a state university located in Fairfax, and a majority of the students are from the Virginia suburbs of DC, which is generally pretty progressive/middle of the road. Concerns about GMU would be that it’s still got somewhat of a commuter vibe (although less than it used to), and OOS costs.
You might reconsider Iowa State. It isn’t urban, but Ames is a great college town, and the campus is really beautiful, and residential. Des Moines is a relative short drive away. And they are VERY generous with OOS merit scholarships that would likely bring the total cost down to (or below) your $100k 4-year target. For a school in the middle of Iowa, it’s a lot more diverse than you’d expect, with a lot of international students and OOS.
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ECU’s common data set at https://ipar.ecu.edu/wp-content/pv-uploads/sites/130/2019/10/CDS_2019-2020-All-Section-Filled.pdf says in section F1 that 94% of frosh live in campus housing. Only about 25% of all undergraduates do, indicating a common pattern of residential students moving to nearby off-campus housing (the common data set does not distinguish between off-campus residential students and those commuting from where they lived before college).
Section B2 of a common data set shows enrollment by self-reported race/ethnicity. Turning the numbers for all undergraduates into percentages:
65.3% White
16.3% Black
7.5% Hispanic/Latino
3.7% Two or more races
3.4% Unknown
2.4% Asian
0.6% American Indian or Alaska Native
0.6% Nonresident alien
0.1% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
Thank all. Yeah, 25k is a VERY soft cap. @CollegeBoundBrit I’m not an athlete nor am I exceptionally popular and catty, so those were my reasons for saying sports and Greek life weren’t big deals for me.
Went to collegesimply.com and used my WUE list, the major count disagreed on MANY schools.
Before you get into so much detailed research, perhaps it makes sense for you to get a firm understanding of how much your family is willing to spend.
What are your ECs and how do they relate to what you’d like to study in college?
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@Southoftheriver my ECs are:
UNICEF
Model UN
GSA
Amnesty International
Best Buddies
Spanish Club
ASL Club
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Those look good — keep participating as much as possible during this time. As your list develops think about what will make you a strong candidate there. And again, before you get too far in your planning understand just how much your family can spend.
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Finished comparing schools at simply.com, have nice prelim list. Need to add suggested schools from this thread.
My new list of candidates:
Arizona
Temple
Maryland
Oregon
LBSU
Arizona St.
Hawaii-Manoa
UNLV
UNM
Portland St.
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@EconPop any thoughts on my list?
Do any of those schools have a particularly well-regarded Sociology MA program? Would I be able to stop at the Masters?
Check out Clark University in Worcester, MA — If you’re accepted to their accelerated program you can earn a masters for free. From what I’ve read the vibe of the campus would be a good fit for you.
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No Sociology MA, but one in International Development and Social Change that sounds cool.
@Southoftheriver which school? 
Clark University
Put together list of schools, with columns for: enrollment, % minority, cost. Pen exploded! Will report later, but LBSU looks promising.
You will be Full pay at CSULB as an OOS and the cost currently is around $35K/year. Again, you and your parents need to determine your budget.
Average CSU GPA for admitted Sociology majors in 2020 for a non-local applicant was a 4.0 capped weighted. (10-11th grades with a cap of 8 semesters of AP/IB courses).
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