Small Town Illinois boy

Hello everyone, this is my first post on here so here it goes. Currently, in junior college up here in Illinois and looking to get out by this fall or upcoming Spring. I have always had a fascination for the south, the people, the sports, the beautiful girls. I feel like I belong there. I am having trouble picking the right kind of school. I am on my own with my education so I can’t do a ton per year, no more than $25k a year. Don’t care really where in the south, anywhere south of Kentucky. I am also a huge sports fanatic, I love it all so a great athletic school would be great to have. I am going for Marketing so my major is pretty common. As far as size, I would like anything larger then 3,000 students. I guess I’m trying to look for a big school with athletics and students but with small school feel with teachers and class sizes. Is this a possible search?? Thanks for the feedback and advise!

Check out the SuperMatch tool on the left side of the screen here. It will likely help more than getting college ideas thrown at you by all of us.

Look here for some options: http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/1651944-very-low-cost-oos-coa-universities-less-than-25k-coa-for-everything.html#latest

“I’m on my own…I can’t do more than 24K per year.”

Is that how much your parents will pay per year or how much you think you can pay yourself towards your education?

-What’s your GPA?
-What are your test scores?

It means, I can afford to take out that much in a loan for another 3 years to finish my degree.

I have also checked out and fooled around with that search engine and just cannot find what I’m looking for,

My gpa is around a 2.0-2.5. I will be a transfer student if that helps.