The University of California system includes several universities including (but not limited to) UC-Berkeley, UCLA, UC-Irvine, etc. All schools are under the University of California umbrella however the campuses operate independently. Public universities tend to be less expensive for undergraduate degrees however that is not always the case for graduate degrees. There are many high quality public schools (UNC - Kenan Flagler and UCLA are both great examples) and many high quality private schools (ie. Duke or Harvard).

In California, there is a "UC" system. We call a select set of state schools here University of California....the difference is where they are located. University of California at Berkeley was the first, and is why it is sometimes called "Cal" in some publications.

In terms of the "good" ones, UC Berkeley is typically the highest ranked. I used to recruit MBA applicants for internships and full-time work, and thought very highly of them.

UCLA is also a top program, and I have been impressed with the quality of their grads.

Other UC's to consider are UC Davis and UC Irvine.

Good luck, and I hope that this helped!

Paul
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Thanks Scottie & Paul,

I am considering selecting UC Berkeley as my backup choice in my list containing Harvard, Stanford, Wharton and Yale as my primary choices.

Thanks again!