:nodding:
In STEM early college programs, the two that we looked very hard at were at Texas (UNT in Denton), and in Seattle (UW). Both have the advantage of being wide, wide open insofar as the considerations that CFK lists. Those are really important, and even
moreso if your child isn't ready to "choose" one thing at age 13 (14/15/16) when they begin college formally.
It's the major reason we went with a flagship state school, ultimately-- there were small liberal arts colleges that looked great, but wouldn't have had the high-level research opportunities... and there were undergrad STEM powerhouses, but they would have lacked some of the humanities elements.
A full-service Uni seemed the best solution.
Dual enrollment programs through the public schools in our state are an
amazing bargain. Ours in particular, we pay a
one-time $25 fee to the community college, and she can take as many courses as are offered through the local high school-- free of any additional charge (yes really). DD didn't know about the program sooner, or she could have done it already with three other classes, but she's got 3 other dual enrollment classes this year-- two in math, and one in English.
The two programs that I know about (because we looked at them, and also because I know some people with kids in one or the other, either now or in the past):
https://tams.unt.edu/https://robinsoncenter.uw.edu/programs/
