If you don’t get into UCSD, UCLA, or Berkeley, Santa Barbara and Davis are a great ChemE college. Many corporate companies recruit from there. UCSB has historically had a solid controls engineering specialization within ChemE. I am a ChemE from the UofWashington, myself, and have recruited at Berkeley, Davis, and SB over the last 24 years.
If you don’t have intention of going to med school, patent law, find the right college from your list based on environment and based on their job placement and internship placement successes.