A bit of a ramble...
Son and daughter in law retired early at age 59, despite having three children (sic) now aged 23, 21 and 19, all in college at the same time. While both Son and DIL were lawyers, there was no way that they could have afforded to pay for those educations. Despite good pensions, and a safe retirement, all three of the "children" have had, at the least, full tuition scholarships. Oldest is in third year of medical school (MD.) Middle daughter just graduated U of Fl Magna C_m Laude, and has a further scholarship to a med school this coming year. Youngest is in third year of U of Miami, 100% All expenses Stamp Scholarship.
Home - Stamps Family Charitable Foundation
This not only offers room, board tuition and books, but also a new computer, and $12,000 to further expand his horizons by going to a foreign country, which he did this past summer going to Chile, to intern with doctors there.
The Stamps scholarship may also extend throughout graduate school.
Kids are all very smart, and have applied themselves throughout from H.S. on.
But...it doesn't stop there. It was and is a major project for DIL, who has spent more time than we can imagine, in researching availability. Like finding a way through the forest. Youngest was accepted at Stanford, Harvard, Yale and Brown, but with partial scholarships because of parent's income. The Stamp scholarship meant the University of Miami... not the first choice, but many, many tens of thousands dollars difference, and it looks like Harvard may be available as a continuation. The scholarship fits the person... leadership and contribution to society in the future.
Long hours of research, multi visits to schools, and digging for those little known possibilities.
For those who are in the middle of this, right now or in the future... suggest spending some time in Niche.
https://www.niche.com/
Be prepared to spend some time, as the website is vast.
Also... good place to search for a place to live.