Ideally you would've spent this summer working in TX in order to develop ties. What type of school are you transferring from? Have you actually gotten into these schools yet?
Anyway, given the current state of the job market (really bad) it would behoove you to go to the school where hiring dips the farthest into the class. Here, that would be Chicago hands down. My next choice would be Berkeley (mainly b/c of the no rank & no grades policy). One major advantage that Chicago has is it's small class size. Regardless of what anyone tells you, it's a lot harder to place students in a larger class, even if they are ranked about the same.
Texas is not a national school. If finding a job in TX doesn't work out you won't have access to the national job market in the same way you would if you went to a more national school.
Re: tuition, since you are out of state you aren't going to save much by going to Texas over say, Chicago.
Good luck.