Not a fan of your list because you have a target and you’re not choosing schools to hit it. Or that meet your own desires.
I don’t see Clark, Fordham, Michigan State, Quinnipiac or Richmond coming in at $30k. Miami and Ohio U are possible but both are rural. Sure you can be in Cincy and Dayton in less than an hour. Miami is $57k and promises at least $15k. And you must not have checked the anti lgbtq bias in Ohio.
Your matches are also a no go financially except CU Denver which is WUE. You might like AU but you don’t want $55k plus. Btw their biggest cross shop according to admissions is not GW but U of Denver. It will be in the 40s. Cheaper than AU.
Same with Chicago and Scripps unless you have demonstrated need.
So the issue will be a lot of the schools to hit your budget will be in states you don’t want to be in.
U of Arizona will be mid 20s. Tucson is blue. There’s politics at play but there’s a Democratic Governor and Attorney General. It’s a merit chasing school when you have a 4.0 and the Honors dorm is awesome.
Kansas is another to look at ( KU). It has a democrat Governor but the house/senate are right. While I can’t say they are lgbtq friendly, they had an abortion access vote and it’s now embedded into the station constitution.
I’d also run costs (with merit) for Binghamton, UMaine and URI which are all aggressive. None are in the sticks - not even UMaine.
Lastly WUE will be your gift. Colorado State - a bit high. NAU. Hawaii. UNR and UNLV. Portland State. WWU would all meet your city and cost desires. UNM didn’t show up on WUE but would likely work too.
If you want to chase $30k, you have to change gears.
You have a great list but not a $30k list.
Good luck.