OP and daughter ought to check out whatever California colleges for geographic balance. Ancillary things as climate could tip the scales at least to Berkeley. Psst, check out UCLA also.
And I can’t believe that the referenced snapshot study by WSJ is still mentioned. Not only did it lack credibility back then, but it should have been discarded because of its regional bias. I doubt if anyone at the WSJ ever mentions it anymore, and I’m sure they’d like to live it down.