Has she experienced “politics” at school because I think most kids are not political at most schools.
So her choices are:
CU Boulder
CU Denver
School of Mines
Colorado State
Oregon Tech
Oregon State
Portland State
U of Portland
I would check out - who takes 2nd years - but she’ll be good at many of these.
If religious ok, Seattle U and Gonzaga will be close - depending where in Oregon. UW and Washington State too.
In CA, is Chico close enough.
There will be schools - for sure. Maybe not all these but many if they take 2nd years.
Check into them - all are ABET for Civil.
Best of luck.
PS - you can look at common data set section D2 - you’ll see transfer acceptance rates. Oregon State, as an example, had 5163 applicants and 4250 acceptances - so yes, see if they take 2nd years and check out engineering…but in general, it’s going to be an easy admit for most. You can do school by school.