<p>From what I heard, the top UCs - UCB and UCLA have great reputation in nearly every field of study. But the next best after then - UCSD - has the strong reputation mostly in scientific and engeneering-releted fields. The same thing I heard about UCD. So, given today’s crazy competition for admission to UCB an UCLA, which other UC campus would be preferrable for the high-achieving humanities-loving student in case s/he wouldn’t make it into the top two?</p>
<p>"UCB and UCLA have great reputation in nearly every field of study"</p>
<p>Berkeley more so than UCLA, which has some weak programs (it's difficult to find a "weak" program at Cal).</p>
<p>I think UCD and UCI would be good for humanities, maybe UCSB too. UCSC is good too.</p>
<p>UCI creative writing; UCSC and UCSB for English/languages. UCSC for best study abroad programs.</p>
<p>" ... than UCLA, which has some weak programs" </p>
<p>Which ones? :)</p>
<p>OK, which UCs are strong in foreign languages/linguistics and music?</p>
<p>This is taken from Berkeley's general catalog. They took some ratings off of somewhere.. I don't remember where. These are for graduate studies though so take what you want from it.</p>
<p>Linguistics
1. MIT
2. Stanford
3. UCLA
4. UMass (Amherst)
5. Penn
6. Berkeley
6. Chicago
8. Ohio State
9. Cornell
10. UC Santa Cruz</p>
<p>French
1. Yale
2. Princeton
3. Duke
4. Columbia
5. Penn
6. Stanford
7. Berkeley
8. Cornell
9. Michigan
10. UC Irvine</p>
<p>German
1. Berkeley
2. Princeton
3. Cornell
4. Harvard
5. Yale
6. Stanford
7. Washington
University
8. Virginia
9. Johns Hopkins
10. Wisconsin</p>
<p>Spanish and Portuguese
1. Columbia
2. Duke
3. Brown
4. Princeton
5. Virginia
6. Penn
7. Wisconsin
8. Cornell
9. Berkeley
10. Harvard</p>
<p>Music
1. Harvard
2. Chicago
3. Berkeley
4. CUNY
5. Yale
6. Princeton
7. Penn
8. Rochester
9. Michigan
10. Illinois</p>