A Detailed Comparison between the UC System and the CSU System

In this video, I compare and contrast the University of California (UC) system to the California State University (CSU) system. This video will cover the differences between topics including locations, enrollment, admissions, cost, and rankings for both systems.

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Timestamps:
0:00​ Intro
0:32 Locations
1:45 Enrollment
2:54​ Admissions
3:46​ Cost
5:44 Rankings
6:51 Summary

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☞ About me:
My name is Victor Lai, and I am pursuing an MBA at the UC Davis Graduate School of Management. My content on this channel is primarily about my life, school, and travel experiences.

[VictorLai]

Hi everyone, I wanted to make a comparison video to highlight the key differences between the 2 systems. Hope you all enjoy!

As always, thank you for watching!

[sbombfitness]

The best possible move is to go to Community college for 2 years, then go to a UC or CSU for the last 2. This makes it so your first 2 years of college are basically free, and it helps serve as a transition between HS and college. It also gives you time to decide majors and figure out what school to go to. Also, since the class load is low, you can work part-time while in CC and basically save enough to go a UC or CSU and graduate with no debt. Finally, it is incredibly easy to get into very good schools out of CC compared to HS. You can just casually breeze through CC with a 3.4 and be GUARANTEED admission into any UC besides UCLA, Berkeley or UCSD.

[RATsnak]

NGL the financial side of going to UC as a California resident looks REALLY good. much MUCH better than I was expecting. and I would've never known unless I watched this vid... thanks bro :)

[roachtoasties]

CSUN graduate here. It suited me fine. When I went it was much cheaper. I paid for it out of my own pocket every semester, so I had zero debt when I left. Now it's more expensive, but it's all this "buy now pay later." Students leave with a diploma and a ton of debt. While UC does more research, there's research going on at CSU too. Good video.

[hgprtheman]

This video was very helpful to me even three years later. I got denied admission to UC Berkeley and waitlisted by UC Davis; and to stick to my dreams of going straight to a four year university out of high school, I opted to enroll to my top choice CSU school San Jose State. I used to be sad about not getting into a “prestigious” university but over time through challenges and successes, SJSU truly was meant for me

[theblackunderflow]

Graduated from CSUF, going to USC this August! Woot woot!

[subtlengo]

Thanks bro, hope life is treating you well! This helped alot.

[RacerRobo]

UC system develops leaders and scholars with a theory-based education, and CSU system develops employees, but it also depends on what you do when you get out. In short, it depends on what your goals are. Employers really love to see UC on your resumé, because they know it’s more intense and selective, but excellent accountants, engineers, social workers, teachers, and computer science professionals come out of the CSU system. For instance, I know a great engineer who went to San Jose State, and he had a quality internship for NASA. He ended-up working for a robotics manufacturer… Whatever you do, plan your educational and career path, and don’t hesitate going to a two year community college.

[tdgyfhp]

If you are interested in computer science, and you don't want to deal with going in person, CSUMB has a great all online program; plus, the program gives you the same diploma like if you went in person. So, no, it will not say "online, " or anything like that.

[sapanacharya]

such an insightful video. thanks again victor

[Abhishek-yivk]

Hi Victor. Great work. You have made an comprehensive approach to make us understand both the system. It would be much great if you make a video about how to get into these university for MS students

[jenb]

The 3.0 to 3.5 gpa for a UC for kids applying from high school isn’t true it’s more like 3.7 to 4.5

[ziongoodnight]

This was incredibly helpful; I appreciate your time and effort!

[angierubio]

I’m thinking about UCI and Cal State Fullerton for public health. At Fullerton it is all paid for with Fafsa books, parking pass, summer classes etc. UCI I would have to pay out of pocket 3, 000 each semester and books etc

[anikagarg]

Hey. Amazing compilation. Could you share the stats specifically for Masters and not undergrads of the various colleges in US.?

[jomoanderson]

Victor, thanks for the effort. I'm a middle aged man that's a semester away from finishing a MPH at Cal State L.A. I started watching this and sought out the topic b/c I'm wondering what's the quality of education one gets from a UC University vs. a Cal State given the strict admissions and inflated cost? You assume a BA in any Humanities discipline these days from either system is still a fast track as a Starbucks Barista?

[_mayankr]

Very good, very comprehensive video.
Thanks!

[MrJorgedavid]

Great video, would be nice to know if there is a way to get these stats but for graduate school admissions?

[I_love_readin_bl]

Quick question here! Any prestigious or well know csu or uc’s that people can definitely go “oh wow your from there?”. Bonus if it’s a school with criminal justice or forensics

[Fuzztps]

Rankings don't matter when the hiring managers do not care about where you went to school.