UC Berkeley (CS) vs. Georgia Tech(ECE) vs. UT Austin (ECE) vs. College Park (ECE/in state)

Since you cannot borrow more than $5.5k first year without a cosigner, that leaves you with one affordable choice out of the above list.

Seems like they need to put their money where their mouth is.

But also, admission to UCB L&S is undeclared. To get into the L&S CS major, you need to earn a 3.3 college GPA in the first three CS courses. About half of the students in these courses earn B+ or higher grades.