we just dropped my son off at Ft Lewis ( a small WUE school in Durango Co). It is a liberal arts college but, offers some engineering and science BS degrees - you will have to research specific majors yourself. . As a life long Californian, I can’t believe it is a public school! The place is unbelievably beautiful, I was really impressed with the campus and the surrounding area. It is an outdoors-mans’ paradise. Literally in town, they have world class mountain biking, kayaking, fly fishing, hiking and there’s even a small snowboarding hill in town with another s just 20 min away, (we met several people who had flown in from Europe and Asia to ride the trails) I want to move their myself. They are also home to the defending national championship mountain bike team (go Skyhawks!) and offer some scholarships to cyclists -which is what attracted my son.
like many WUE schools, they offer a tiered discount based on your stats. The top award makes it cost competitive with a Cal State.
https://www.fortlewis.edu/
my other son goes to Chico rent there seems to go for around $500 per room per month