There isn't an actual Balboa University in California, but there is a Balboa private school in Escondido, CA.
The title of the movie (M.F.A.) is from "Master of Fine Arts" which is the degree the main character is in school to achieve.
This movie is basically the film version of MTV's "Sweet vicious"
David Huynh appears as Shane, the love interest character to Francesca Eastwood's Noelle. Francesca Eastwood is the daughter of Frances Fisher. David Huynh also stars as CJ Lam, the love interest character to Alice Kremelberg's Percy Muldoon in the USA Network series The Sinner, season 4. Percy is the granddaughter of Meg Muldoon played by Frances Fisher. Essentially, Huynh has played the love interest of Fisher's real-life daughter and Fisher's onscreen granddaughter.