UCB vs USC vs UCLA Help me decide!!

beyphy
Tue, 10 Apr 2012 18:33:13 +0000

There’s certainly no question that UCLA’s more prestigious internationally than USC. Most, if not all international rankings affirm this. But that’s mostly due to stuff like HEEACT though, where USC doesn’t place in the overall ranking (compared to UCLA which has steadily placed at #5):

[Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities - Wikipedia)

That being said, USC does have a very good schools of communications. And UCLA has a very good communications major. (it’s VERY competitive.) It is, however, impacted (although, from my understanding of ‘impacted,’ that just means it’s extremely competitive and far more people apply than can be admitted. And this, in itself, doesn’t affect the quality of the paper.)

Additionally, even if USC isn’t as prestigious as UCLA as a whole, it doesn’t follow that it’s communications school isn’t extremely prestigious.

I’m not sure how UCB fairs in communication though, so i can’t recommend it. So i say USC or UCLA.