Pitt. I do think Va has so many great schools. Even a CNU and JMU. For no TAs, you likely need small. But you’d have to look school by school. And those schools might be less likely to have protests.
Not sure about onboarding transfers but could another option be leave UCLA as he doesn’t want to go back, do a year at community college starting in Fall and transfer in that sort of pathway ?
UDel is another public with much love.
You never know where protests will rise and it’s unfortunate but hopefully he’ll get involved on campus at the next school. It is certainly tough to take those steps, especially after such a tough year.
Best of luck