<p>Just to chime in as a current UCD student, because you specifically mentioned it…</p>
<p>UCD doesn’t meet all the qualities you listed. It’s not urban (sure Sacramento is pretty close, but Davis itself certainly isn’t urban), there’s no journalism or business majors unless you want to count economics, and it’s not very close to the coast. Also our admit rate is higher than the range you listed; it’s somewhere in the 40s, though I’m not sure on the exact admit rate. Given that it doesn’t match what you said you’re looking for and that it would be really expensive as an OOS student (you won’t be getting much aid from any UC, as has been said before), you may want to reconsider.</p>