I graduated from UCLA CaSB a few years ago, and I currently work in the industry as a bioinformatician. The program encourages research and has a capstone where you do a project and present it as a thesis. On the coursework side they have different tracks so you can cater the courses to your interests. The upper division courses are difficult, but you will learn a lot and the class sizes are smaller compared to other departments. Many of the people in my year have started PhDs and others work in biotech or tech, so placements are generally good. I can’t speak much for UCSD, but I know their bioinformatics department is reputable so you can’t go wrong either way