<p>Where is a better school to go to UCSD or UCI or CAL poly SLO? Which school will be good for engineering? and which will have better job benefits?</p>
<p>Which is better? HOW? and WHY?</p>
<p>It’s hard not to find a job when graduating from SLO because they have connections to place you right into a job after graduation. UCSD and UCI have prestige, but the connections aren’t as good there as they are at SLO. If you’re more interested in theory and you want to go to grad school, the UC’s are a good option. I’m sure if you have an internship over a summer at a UC you’ll find a job. You should probably tour the schools and see which one you’re comfortable at. All three are good schools. Irvine and San Diego have a lot of industry. My friend is graduating from UCI this year (CS) and already has a job waiting for him.</p>
<p>Out of the 3, UCSD and Cal Poly have the strongest engineering schools in reputation and curriculum, amongst both academia and industry. </p>
<p>Whether UCSD’s or Cal Poly’s engineering name is the stronger of the 2 is debatable and depends on the engineering major. UCSD’s strength lies in areas dealing with life sciences/biomedical. Cal Poly’s strength lies with industrial areas such as electrical, mechanical, civil, and software. </p>
<p>Cal Poly has the strongest industry connection out of the 3. CP is closely tied in with Fortune 500 leading tech companies (e.g. Cisco, HP, Intel, Lockheed, Google). This accounts for its impressive post graduation and internship/co-op job placement success rates (the best out of the 3), and why its graduates have the highest starting salary in CA of all public schools and one of the highest mid-career salaries in the US. Cal Poly graduates’ earning power lags only Cal, and UVA, and tied with UCSD/UCLA (this is for all public universities in the US).</p>
<p>UCSD and UCI engineering are more theory focused, thus teaching style are lecture-centric. Cal Poly is focused on application of theory, hence teaching style is geared toward lab and experimentation (hands-on learning). Also the 2 UCs are post-graduate (Phd, MS) focused, whereas Cal Poly is focused on undergraduate education, and has smaller class size. </p>
<p>UCSD and Cal Poly are residential campuses with little commuters. UCI is a commuting campus.</p>
<p>For overall university wide reputation, UCSD is probably the strongest of the 3. Cal Poly and UCI university wide reputations are comparable.</p>