USC vs. UCSD: Is USC worth the cost?

I’ve been doing a ton of research on these two schools and am trying to figure out which one to go to.

At USC I would be majoring in Environmental Science and Health and minoring in Cinematic Arts. Housing is guaranteed for two years and after that I would have to get an apartment which is about $1000 a month. My EFC is 0 and I would have to pull out about $8000 dollars of loans a year (totaling about $32000 after four years).

At UCSD I got a scholarship that would make it free for me to go and my scholarship guarantees me housing for four years. I would be majoring in Environmental Systems and double minoring in Global Health and Film Studies.

I feel I would be a better fit at USC but I don’t know if I can justify the cost, plus I plan on going to grad school which would accumulate more debt. What do you guys think, is USC worth the cost or should I just suck it up and go to UCSD?

Even though I’m an alum of USC, I’d say go to UCSD in this situation unless you really, truly didn’t like it.

in a word - no.

GO to UCSD and graduate debt free/