W&L by a mile. Their placement in DC per capita, according to a professor we met on campus anyway, is 2nd behind Sewanee.
The Johnson is unreal. And the school has programs to help place yiu for interns such as the Shepherd Center and more.
You can go back to CA later.
But I would not consider CMC over W&L even at the same price.
You want larger. CMC has the consortium but don’t forget W&L has near neighboring VMI.