<p>It is harder to transfer into engineering from LSA but not the other way around.</p>
<p>If you stay in engineering, both schools have excellent industry connections and are heavily recruited. According to Bill Gate, Microsoft hires the most engineers from UIUC. The same is true for admissions to graduate schools in engineering.</p>
<p>Michigan is better in business (except for accounting); some humanities and social science areas. Michigan is significantly better in health related disciplines like public health, pharmacy, nursing and medical-related research (n/a in UIUC).</p>