in my opinion this is a no contest!
With due respect to CIT, USC clearly leads in almost all, if not all, measurable academic criteria (except maybe for topnotchers produced- i could say both schools are really consistent recently or maybe CIT is slightly ahead if you consider CIT's golden years). I'm talking about board passing percentage, student selectivity, student-faculty ratio, faculty, facilities and maybe you can include internationalization, recruiter review and research as well.