<p>Univ of Delaware</p>
<p>St. Marys College of Maryland is a very highly-regarded public honors college. Out-of-state cost is about $33K.</p>
<p>But only 2,000 students.</p>
<p>I would also think that many of the state flagship universities Honors Programs would meet your financial and academic criteria.</p>
<p>COA per year for OOS students , State University (prices will be a bit higher for later years…these COAs are padded for living expenses and travel.)</p>
<p>$25,787, U MINNESOTA
$31,750, U ALABAMA
$33,500, AUBURN
$31,872, VIRGINIA TECH
$34,812, U IOWA
$35,029, U WISCONSIN
$36,210, OHIO STATE
$35,311, U N CAROLINA
$36,977, RUTGERS
$34,696, TEXAS A&M
$34,922, U DELAWARE
$36,094, U FLORIDA
$32,752, U PITTSBURGH</p>
<p>I would also recommend taking a closer look at Pitt. Lots of OOS students, urban setting offers lots of opportunities for internships and part-time employment off-campus, and students are generally friendly, unpretentious, and seem to LIKE their school. Also opportunities to get involved in dance (your daughter is a dancer, if I remember from past posts?) according to the people at the dance store where my D buys her pointe shoes.</p>
<p>Big:
University of Minnesota
University of Iowa
Iowa State University
Any of the SUNYs - Binghamton, Buffalo, and Stony Brook are best in their respective areas of strength
University of Pittsburgh
Brigham Young University (this might be awkward for non-Mormons…)</p>
<p>The Universities of Washington and Wisconsin are great too, but they offer miserable merit aid and are right near the high end of your price range.</p>
<p>Small:
Michigan Tech (only for science/engineering… I didn’t hear you mention a major)
Truman State University
SUNY Geneseo (a great public LAC)
The College of New Jersey</p>
<p>University of Oregon is right on the $35k line for last year. Auto-admit for GPA of 3.5 (weighted or not, whatever’s printed on the transcript). Expect higher travel costs, though.</p>
<p>SUNY at BUffalo, I’m a big fan and neighbor. If a student is serious, she can gain access to top professors even as undergraduates. Lots of research is happening here, technology/pharmacology/medicine. Other special majors and departments; you’ll see on the website. </p>
<p>Not a pretty campus, just those boring old brick box buildings, but there’s a city and attractive rural escapes nearby including Niagara Falls or the Albright Knox Museum, plus party life on downtown Chippewa Street. Buffalo airport is a discount destination for some airlines. It is very helpful to fly in and out without many changes/layovers due to weather delays. The fewer flights the better (my criterion was always: get to college either nonstop or one-stop only. Two layovers IMO is too many variables in winter weather, wreaking havoc on winter break flight days.</p>
<p>Also, at UB and in the City of Buffalo, she needs to be able to interact or at least feel comfortable seeing many people across a rainbow of colors and nationalities.</p>
<p>I’m going to reiterate McGill, and include Toronto and University of British Columbia as well. Great quality, great, exciting cities, really great value. (Although stuff like transportation and phone service winds up adding expense. And you may want to budget for purchasing currency hedges to fix your cost.) Well north of Dallas and two of the three at least have snow.</p>
<p>Here ya go. Oregon State [Estimating</a> your Cost of Attendance | Financial Aid & Scholarships](<a href=“http://oregonstate.edu/financialaid/estimating-your-cost-attendance]Estimating”>http://oregonstate.edu/financialaid/estimating-your-cost-attendance)</p>
<p>Western Washington </p>
<p>[Financial</a> Aid Services Center - 2009-2010 Budgets](<a href=“http://www.finaid.wwu.edu/client_services/pages/wwu_budgets/2009-2010_budgets.php]Financial”>http://www.finaid.wwu.edu/client_services/pages/wwu_budgets/2009-2010_budgets.php)</p>
<p>U of Idaho </p>
<p>[Cost</a> of Attendance](<a href=“404 - University of Idaho”>Admissions | University of Idaho)</p>
<p>Elon.</p>
<p>American.</p>
<p>Not American. Sorry. COA, including room and board, is $47K for the upcoming school year. Tuition alone is $35K. (Crossed off D’s list, although she was accepted - with no FA.)</p>
<p>U of Montana, since cur is bringing up NW schools.</p>
<p>COA for out of state is about 25k ([Cost</a> of Attendance Admissions at The University of Montana - Missoula](<a href=“http://admissions.umt.edu/cost.html]Cost”>http://admissions.umt.edu/cost.html)) and some merit aid is available.</p>
<p>Not urban, per se, but Missoula’s a surprisingly cultured town/city of about 60-70k. I would imagine similar prices at Montana State, but Bozeman’s far less urban-feeling than Missoula,</p>
<p>Virginia Tech OOS is about $32,000. Pretty good school, but in a small town. Also might be difficult to get to from Dallas.</p>
<p>I think she should look at Pitt, to second what others above have said.</p>
<p>missy-Keep in mind that Kansas has a 4 year tuition compact, no increase in tuition for 8 consecutive semesters from the date the student enters KU. COA for OOS is well within your stated budget. OOS fixed costs (tuition, fees, R&B) run about $26K for our KU soph.</p>
<p>[KU:</a> Office of Student Financial Aid](<a href=“http://financialaid.ku.edu/publications/10ay/10AYcoa.shtml]KU:”>http://financialaid.ku.edu/publications/10ay/10AYcoa.shtml)</p>
<p>Yeah, I was concentrating on the “college town” as opposed to the “urban” part of the wish list. 
I don’t think Moscow or Corvallis qualify as urban for most folks.</p>
<p>Michigan State will be right around $35,000. Great school spirit, residential colleges, etc. etc. I noticed you have all public schools. What about the great LACs in the midwest or is a big state school what is desired? I believe Butler, which of course is in the news from the NCAA finals, comes in right around $35,000 and is a small school with “big school” athletics, etc. Miami of Ohio is alsoo close to $35,000 and has the “big school/smaller school” feel. There are others…it urban or non-urban peferred, large school (or is it just smaller schools not yet considered?)</p>
<p>Here are some when it comes to the price tag (rather than a list with good merit aid necessarily…though that is another approach to use): </p>
<p>Adelphi University
Allegheny College
Baldwin-Wallace
Baylor University
Belmont University
Butler University
Catholic University
Christopher Newport University
Coastal Carolina University
College of Charleston
College of William and Mary
Colorado State
DePaul University
DeSales University
Drake University
Drexel University
Duquesne University
East Carolina University
Elizabethtown
Elon University
Emerson College
Endicott College
George Mason University
Indiana University
Ithaca College
Lynchburg College
Marist College
Marquette University
Michigan State
Nazareth College
Ohio State University
Oklahoma City University
Oregon State
Otterbein College
Pace University
Point Park University
Quinnipiac
Penn State
Purdue
Rider University
Roger Williams
Rutgers
San Diego State
San Francisco State
Seton Hall University
Springfield College
SUNY Buffalo
SUNY Stony Brook
Stonehill College
Suffolk University
Susquehanna University
Syracuse
Temple
The College of New Jersey
Towson University
University of California - Santa Cruz
University of Colorado
University of Cincinnati
University of Dayton
University of Delaware
University of Evansville
University of Harrford
University of Illinois
University of Iowa
University of Kansas
University of Mary Washington
University of Maryland
University of Massachusetts
University of North Carolina (various campuses)
University of Oklahoma
University of Oregon
University of Pittsburgh
University of South Carolina
University of Washington
University of Wisconsin
Virginia Commonwealth University
Vitterbo University
Webster University
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Western Michigan University</p>
<p>Um…you may wanna ignore this list or use as a starting point as I accidentally was using tuition and not room and board and so not every school meets your COA of under $35,000…sorry!!! BUT…if these schools have lower tuition, they may be a start and you can then eliminate the ones that have too high of a COA.</p>
<p>I posted the suggestion about Truman State University (post 19) before I saw your post about urban and/or college town atmospheres. Kirksville, MO is definitely not urban, or close to anything that is urban, and it doesn’t really qualify in my book as a vibrant college town. It is essentially a small town that is lucky enough to host a good undergraduate college. </p>
<p>The students I know at Truman like the school a lot, and think there is plenty to do on campus. I don’t hear much about what the town itself has to offer.</p>