It's not iffy, at all. The CSUs (except Cal Poly) are small, largely commuter schools, predominantly filled with students who otherwise wouldn't be going to col

It's not iffy, at all. The CSUs (except Cal Poly) are small, largely commuter schools, predominantly filled with students who otherwise wouldn't be going to college. No one's traveling from out of state to attend a CSU. In contrast, the UCs range from "notable mid-size university", comparable to the most prestigious state schools in any other state on the low end with UC Riverside, to "top 10 universities in the world"-type institutions on the high end with Berkeley and Santa Cruz. People absolutely travel from not just all over the country, but all over the globe, to attend UCs.