My experience is both short (1.5 semesters) and heavily biased, but I’ll throw it in anyway.
I didn’t get in to my match or reach, so I’m at one of my safeties + honors college. The honors college is okay, but I wish I could have gone somewhere where most people were like me, instead of being a minority among 40k students. I don’t really like it here so far, but finances mean I can’t/shouldn’t leave. Which is a horrible feeling.
So I guess just make sure she can be happy at the affordable school!