<p>I need help deciding between the university of washington and santa clara university. Prestige wise, which school holds a better name?</p>
<p>Financially, Santa clara is about $3000 than UW for me.<br>
I am asian (if that makes a difference) and plan to major in Bioengineering.</p>
<p>nationally, UW has more prestige than Santa Clara</p>
<p>yea, University of Washington is better..</p>
<p>UW definitely has a better name, and Seattle is way, way, WAY more fun of a place to live than Santa Clara (I haven't lived there, but I've visited, and wanted to leave immediately). UW is in a great part of town and has a beaautiful campus - very regal with lots of gothic architecture. It has fantastic science programs and research opportunities in them. I think overall it would just be a better experience than Santa Clara. I say this, though, knowing quite a bit about UW (living in Seattle myself) but not a huge amount about Santa Clara.. but that won't stop me from encouraging you to go to UW.</p>