<p>This isn’t even close; UC Irvine is hands down the better choice. The UC’s are in almost every case superior to the CSU’s. They get more resources, they get the better students and faculty, and they command much more respect from academics, employers, and the general public than the CSU’s. UC Irvine will give you both a better education and a superior launching pad for graduate school than CSU Long Beach. If you later decide to work for a few years before graduate school, you will also have a much better time finding a job as a UC Irvine graduate than as a CSU Long Beach graduate. I would therefore give my strongest possible recommendation to choosing UC Irvine over CSU Long Beach.</p>