I agree. The starting median salary at my players school for grads is more than a max contract in the NWSL. She told me that she isn't even considering going pro. It's funny because she will be on Chris Henderson's top 25 draft prospects for 2020 that he is releasing in the next week and I will bet money that she is in the top 10.
Unless your DD plans to go straight to grad school or has another clear career path, your DD should take the contract if she still likes soccer. She and her friends won't be making that much coming out of UCLA without an additional degree. They'll struggle to get jobs at all - that's reality. Nationally, less than 15% of seniors have real jobs lined up. UCLA is around 30% employment, and that's six months after graduation (so query where you got the median salary info?). UCLA is also notoriously unethical about their job statistics, although most are bad. UCLA got really shady during the recession.
Have her play a couple of years while she figures out grad school. Most grad schools now don't want kids right out of school, so a few years playing would be perfect.