While the UCs are excellent schools where poor freshman grades won’t be held against him, the OP said his budget is 50K per year. As an OOS student, the UC schools will come in over that.
For an OOS student, a 3.52 unweighted GPA probably makes UF-Gainesville more of a reach than a match.
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital is within walking distance of Rutgers NB main campus.