<p>Both UCLA and UCSB are excellent, and employers and graduate schools treat Chemical Engineering students from UCLA and UCSB equally. I just advise you not to go to UCSD since (as I mentioned before) UCSD’s ChemE program is still new. UCSD’s program offers only 12 upper division ChemE classes and is not biology-oriented. Hence, if you want to work or do research in biotechnology industry, UCSD is not a good choice.</p>