I don’t think that SDSU is really going to be in contention. The OP wrote, " Waiting for Cal Poly Slo and UC decisions". I assume that OP’s daughter wouldn’t have applied to those schools without meeting basic requirements, and so daughter is probably in the position of being guaranteed a slot at some UC campus, if not her top choices.
I think it is probably worth paying the extra cost for a UC over a CSU for a family with the resources to do so, for a variety of reasons – (though still not the job thing)-- so the real question is whether it’s worth paying the premium for the private school – and the OP doesn’t seem to have any qualms about paying for a UC (" with the States and UC’s we are able to help her with a masters when that time comes.")
I fully understand the differences between a small college, LAC environment and a big-school atmosphere – but as a UC graduate, I have a very hard time with anyone suggesting that the schools that the OP listed could be considered preferable to UC’s for either academics or prestige/name-recognition of the degree. So assuming acceptances at one or more UC campuses and/or Cal Poly … the question is going to come down to, what does Santa Clara or Loyola offer over the UC — and is that worth spending +$60K over the course of four years. For some students the intimacy of the private college environment might very well be worth the money.
Anyway, my point is simply that I think that SDSU is a safety that probably won’t be in consideration once all results are in, so no need to diss the school. The CSU’s tend to serve a different overall clientele than the UC’s, but they do provide opportunities for those who are motivated to seek them out and take advantage of them.