Apples to oranges as there are 71,000 students approx at ASU and 25,000 approx at UCR. There are going to be differences due to that in the department, campus life, and name recognition etc. If going on rankings alone
they were close 45 Arizona state and 61 UCR on Best Engineering 2018 from US News. That could be based on a number of factors. Where are you from and are costs all equal?