<p>You are confusing terms: need blind is an admissions policy, meeting full need is a FA policy.</p>
<p>Being need blind means that the school does not consider ability to pay in making an admissions decision. Meeting full need means that the FA package (grants, WS and usually loans) will cover the financial need of the student as calculated by the school.</p>
<p>A school can be one without the other. A relatively small handful of colleges are both need blind and provide 100% of need. </p>
<p>There are only two public universities in the country that give the same level of FA to IS and OOS students: UVA & UNC-CH.</p>
<p>Both Cal and Michigan are likely to be close to, if not full pay for the OP. Yes, they are will probably pay slightly less at Michigan than Cal, but mostly because the COA at Michigan is lower than at Cal, not because Michigan will give better FA.</p>