My daughter is currently looking at the some of the same schools your daughter is looking at. She is a rising senior so she still has plenty of time to decide. We are Jewish as well and we live in Atlanta. I am very familiar with all these schools including Arizona. as I myself attended ASU.
We are not religious and we like diversity. Many already pointed out many of the facts for all the schools. FSU has the largest Jewish population of the three and South Carolina has the least.
If being around other Jewish students is important to her either from a cultural point of view or a religious point of view, I would say FSU would be the best fit due the fact that she will not have to go out of her way to meet similar students, It has somewhat of a Southern feel to it, but I would not say it is your typical “southern school” The majority of the kids are from Florida with some OOS from Georgia and the NE.
Arizona has a large Jewish student body as well with lots of kids from all all over including California, the Midwest, and some from the NE. It is a much different feel to the other two in every way, Not necessarily negative. Just more of a West Coast school.
We are lucky enough to have lived in FLorida when my kids were born and we did the Florida Pre Paid Plan. I mentioned in my first paragraph that my daughter is looking at some of these schools as well. We are “making” her apply to FSU and UF because of this incredible benefit. The bad news for us is that she has ZERO interest in going to any of the Florida schools. However, she wants to look at South Carolina. She is interested in some schools in the Midwest. Just finished touring OSU, Miami, Indiana, and Mizzou .I have a feeling that by the end of this process, FSU, UF, South Carolina, and Mizzou would be the ones because financials could be the deciding factor.
Keep in mind that Tallahassee is not a very easy place to get into as far airlines, but it does offer the cheapest OOS tuition by a lot… Something to keep in mind