<p>Two schools that may fit your discription to a extent are University of Oregon, and University of Minnesota. Both of these schools out of state tuition is around 15k, Oregon total student body ( grad and undergraduate) are near 20000, Minnesota is larger though. Both are in great locations, likely more scenery in Oregon… though Minnesota does have the view of downtown Minneapolis. Football tends to be big on both campuses, and as for social scene well I’m sure you can find any social scene on or off campus, more than likely at Minnesota since it’s located in a larger city ( Minneapolis).
I could suggest other schools but out of state tuition is not cheap.</p>