<p>I am an international and choosing between these two universities for computer science. Pl give your honest opinion. As an international I will be paying full fee at UCLA and USC has given me Dean scholarship which means COA is almost same. Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>I think UCLA has a superior program. According the the most recent U.S. News Report, it was ranked 12th in the world. I think UCLA is the better choice.</p>
<p>Clearly there will be biased on this board. USC is actually ranked higher. </p>
<p>Engineering and Computer Sciences (in the world)
USC 17
UCLA 28
[Academic</a> Ranking of World Universities in Engineering/Technology and Computer Sciences - 2012| 2012 Top 100 Universities in Engineering/Technology and Computer Sciences |ARWU-FIELD 2012](<a href=“http://www.shanghairanking.com/FieldENG2012.html]Academic”>http://www.shanghairanking.com/FieldENG2012.html)</p>
<p>Overall engineering (nationally):</p>
<p>USC 9
UCLA 16</p>
<p>[Best</a> Engineering School Rankings | Engineering Program Rankings | US News](<a href=“http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-engineering-schools/eng-rankings]Best”>http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-engineering-schools/eng-rankings)</p>
<p>Different rankings lists suggest different things I guess. I got my info from here.
[World’s</a> Best Universities in Computer Science; Top Computer Science Schools | US News](<a href=“http://www.usnews.com/education/worlds-best-universities-rankings/best-universities-computer-science]World’s”>http://www.usnews.com/education/worlds-best-universities-rankings/best-universities-computer-science)</p>
<p>I am a senior at ucla studying computer science. I have interviewed at microsoft, facebook, and other top companies. I ended up accepting an offer from one of these…</p>
<p>In my opinion, the most important distinction between usc/ucla cs is the course layout. USC offers these programs: [USC</a> - Department of Computer Science - Viterbi School of Engineering - B.S. Program](<a href=“http://www.cs.usc.edu/academics/undergrad/]USC”>B.S. Program - USC Viterbi | Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science)</p>
<p>UCLA’s layout for CS is extremely biased towards research and academics. If you have a preference towards business/administration and gaming, i would strongly recommend USC as these are not offered at UCLA.</p>
<p>If you are more interested in traditional software development routes, either school will be great. If you are a good student, you will have the opportunity to apply to any job you wish. They are both already top tier schools where Apple/Google/Microsoft/Facebook etc come and recruit. In the end, it doesn’t matter which school you are from…</p>
<p>UCLA is probably more “renown” as a school world-wide. Even if USC is slightly ranked higher, the common person does not look at engineering rankings… If you go to europe or asia, most people will know UCLA and not USC.</p>
<p>But that doesn’t really matter either. Visit both the campuses and choose the one you enjoy better. You’ll be living there for 4+ years.</p>
<p>It just depends where you look at your rankings it usually differs anyway so you might as well do your own google research and source/contextualize.</p>
<p>In this case, it won’t matter where you go. The people I see coming out of both programs are very competent, and no hiring manager is going to make a big distinction.</p>