Offers were made by both colleges for $ 40000 per year . Which of those two colleges ( same tuition) is the better choice in terms of Internships, job opportunities, quality of programs and quality of life.
College Scorecard lists median pay of recent graduates who got federal financial aid as $85,557 at UCSC and $111,450 at RPI. Job offerings are likely to be regionally biased (e.g. Silicon Valley versus Wall Street).
Curricula can be checked at the following:
https://catalog.ucsc.edu/Current/General-Catalog/Academic-Units/Baskin-School-of-Engineering/Computer-Science-and-Engineering/Computer-Science-BS
https://science.rpi.edu/computer-science/programs/undergrad/bs-computerscience
Note that if you do not have direct admission to the CS major, check the requirements to change into the CS major at each school. Also note that UCSC is on the quarter system (three 10-week quarters per academic year) while RPI is on the semester system (two 15-week semesters per academic year).
For quality of life, do you prefer coastal California or upstate New York?