<ol>
<li>Berkeley</li>
<li>UCLA</li>
<li>UCSD</li>
<li>UC Davis</li>
<li>UC Irvine</li>
<li>UC Santa Barbara</li>
<li>Cal Poly SLO</li>
</ol>
<p>The issue here is that UC schools are more focused on theory than CSU…it is to your advantage to go to Cal Poly SLO if you want to work straight after college, especially in engineering, but if you plan on going to grad school right after, UC Davis would prepare you much better</p>
<p>But overall, i would have to say any of the middle UCs are better than Cal Poly SLO, they have more endowment and better research opportunities and better faculty, and Davis is probably the best middle UC</p>