<p>Research is important since UC is founded on research. Many would say that research is more important than teaching (hence the reason why some people CSU’s teach students better than UCs at times, because they don’t dabble in research). </p>
<p>But seriously, nobody chooses which school is better purely based on state funding of research. We can go back and forth on research, going to nobel prize winners, break throughs, types of research, and the like.</p>
<p>The fact is picking the right college is a personal decision, which is why we have over seven pages of debate over it. It’s like picking a new car. One would say they like the styles of a porsche over the speed of a dodge viper or the comfort of a Mercedez Benz S500, all of which are priced around 80,000-90,000. Better campus? Stronger Academics? Campus life? Only you can decide that for yourself.</p>