FALL 2016/ Sociolgy: UCI or UCSB please help me out!

Hi,
I am transfer student who is admitted to UCI, UCSB, UCR, CSULB and CSUF for Fall 2016. I will be junior when I transferred to one of above universities. I major in Sociology. I am not sure it might be helpful for those of you who would answer my question (Thank you so much!). I want to describe my personality and situation briefly. I am not either a party person and antisocial. I am more likely to seen as quiet, shy student. I l have lived in Orange County for my life in America. I am Asian. As of right now, I am not determined to go grad school after graduation of 4-yrs Univ. But I know what I want to do/become after school. (It could be in some ways, but not very related to Sociology)

With all the matter and thinking, I finally decided to choose between UCI and UCSB. It is so hard to choose one over the other because they are both good but different in some ways, I think. Upon my research about school, I figured out UCI and UCSB are same tier in UC ranking. SO if any of you guys help me out or advise, I’d appreciate so much!

I will separate my questions for you to see easily.

  1. Which school is more prestigious in overall?
    tell me what you guys think!
  2. Which school has better Sociology program/faculty/network? AND What are their impacted area of study?
  3. Because I would like to do internship during my junior and senior year, which school has more possibility to get in touch with companies?
    -From what I know, Irvine is city that is close to LA and other cities. But SB is not (suburb)?
  4. Do you think Junior in college will have enough time to enjoy social life beside working part-time and being full time student?
    -One of the reasons I can’t get rid of UCSB is their beautiful campus and active social life. I have always willing to get involve in clubs but never had chance or too lazy in community college. I feel like the two years in college would be my last period staying in school for the rest of my life.

I look forward to listen to your advise! Thank you very much for your time.

UCSB has the #1 ranked undergrad sociology program in the nation. However, that being said, they’re both great schools with wonderful opportunities-- so go where you think you’ll be happiest.
http://college.usatoday.com/2014/12/27/top-ranked-colleges-for-a-major-in-sociology/

Best wishes!