ASU and Arizona merit gets down to nearly the same as WUE in other places (Arizona can be even less with a 4.0). ASU considers SAT scores, whereas Arizona currently just uses UW GPA.
In common with others, I’d also suggest Utah. Yes it’s cold some of the time in winter but not dreary like the PNW. D18 was there as a liberal, atheist vegetarian and loved the U, especially the outdoor lifestyle (climbing, skiing, backpacking etc). There’s a good airport in SLC making it easy to reach from the west coast. WUE is competitive but not anything like as difficult to get as at Oregon State.