<p>UCSB is a better and more prestigious school for electrical engineering. Cal Poly is more applied and you will get much more hands on experience there. UCSB is emphasizes theory and reasoning. Honestly, I work with Cal Poly EE graduates, and I can tell you from my experience that they don’t learn nearly as much about circuit theory/signals as we do at UCSB. Then again, that is coming from someone from UCSB so take it for what it is. You’ll learn a lot more if you go to UCSB, but you will be better positioned to be hired into a big company if you go to Cal Poly SLO. Don’t go to Cal Poly Pomona, that’s not even comparable.</p>