Understood - you have biological/ecology or bio engineering.
The SAT score is going to hurt at top schools - but she’s going to have to find one within budget.
You can often pivot from one engineering field to another in life (maybe not student) but buttress with a minor, etc.
So you’re going to have to find schools based on budget - hence the UAH or Mississippi State mentions.
The feeder start programs are a risk, of course, that the student doesn’t progress. A WCU would be better - but again, not the right kind of engineering - but the student, could for example, get a job with a pharmaceutical company and over time try and get into an organization where they can work in the area of desire.
After all, 75% of STEM kids (so beyond engineering) don’t work in STEM jobs, according to multiple studies…the point being, there’s a lot of transitional opportunities out there.
Bottom line - the budget will drive this decision and with what you provided, the in state engineering programs (short of an A&T) aren’t likely with the test score you noted. Perhaps if the student can get the test score higher.
But the UAH, UAB, and Miss States of the world are excellent schools. You might also look at a Tennessee Tech, not sure if can get to cost.
But doesn’t sound like it would cover the majors either.
Miss State has many majors, concentrations and with a 1300 SAT (1260 in fact), you’d be low 20s or mid 20s with a 1200 SAT. See scholarship chart below - it’s off a high 30s full pay.
Good luck.
College of Engineering - Undergraduate Programs (tntech.edu)
Undergraduate Education (msstate.edu)
2023 -2024 Scholarship Sheet for Freshman Out-of-State Residents (msstate.edu)