Undergraduate engineering: USC, UW, or UCLA?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Los Angeles
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<p>I'm a prospective college freshman who is currently deciding which colleges to attend. I'm an Oregon resident planning on majoring in engineering (compsci, electrical, chemical, or mechanical), and I've narrowed down the schools to these three choices:</p>

<p>UCLA HSSEAS $46.7k/year
USC Viterbi $46.9k/year
UW Engineering $35k/year</p>

<p>Which school would be overall best for engineering for its price tag? I receive pretty much no aid from any of these schools and I haven't heard back about scholarships (no trustee or presidential from USC though).</p>

<p>Oh and as a side note, it would be nice to just talk about the engineering programs and potential job offers, not turn this into a USC/UCLA rivalry that I've seen so much of. :) Thanks.</p>

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<p>Here's a link to engineering rankings posted earlier - </p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/engineering-majors/382751-usnews-2008-engineering-ranking-compilation.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/engineering-majors/382751-usnews-2008-engineering-ranking-compilation.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>If rankings and cost were all the same, which one would you want to go to (assuming you've visited the campuses)? </p>

<p>Since all three are ranked for engineering almost next to each other, if the answer above to where you'd want to go is not UW, ask yourself if it's worth $40-50k to go to UCLA/USC. That's quite a bit of money to go to a college that's ranked about the same as UW.</p>

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<p>What companies are near UW for internships and compare to the other great schools.</p>