One issue is that UN schools are notoriously “not very good.” …which is why the OP has avoided them.
however, sometimes a dept can be good, so she needs to look to see if either UNR or UNLV has a good communications or journalism dept.
Another option:
Look at the UMaine schools that dropped their OOS rates to low…and to a couple of the South Dakota (or North Dakota?) schools that either don’t charge an OOS rate or it’s very low.
The two UMaine schools give merit for stats that aren’t that high.
If the OP comes back and is willing to do a gap year, we probably can find her somewhere that will work. She can spend that gap year earning/saving more money.