@steephie ... if you're coming over here, download the Scholly app, steephie. It lists thousands of scholarships and I guarantee that being an international student qualifies you for thousands more.
I have a little over $25,000 in scholarships. I got $10,000 from the school's English department for my writing and another $10,000 from the school itself. I have eight others (I think). Most of those are either $500 or $1000, which sounds small but makes a difference, and then another one that's $2500 a year I think. I don't remember exactly. All in all, I'm paying something like $25,000 for the year and something similar for the next three, and I got offered an RA position next year, which is either free or almost free housing. I have to look. That's probably $5,000 more than many out-of-state public schools charge.