1. Southwest University is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education, and Northwest University is under the Shaanxi Provincial Department of Education. Southwest University has certain advantages in resource investment and policy support.

2. Southwest University has a complete range of disciplines, including normal education, psychology, agriculture and other fields, among which normal education and psychology have high popularity and influence in China. Northwest University has top scholars and research achievements in archaeology, geology, physics and other disciplines. Therefore, in terms of subject characteristics, Southwest University and Northwest University have their own emphases.

3. From the faculty, Southwest University has a large number of professors and associate professors, and the overall faculty is relatively strong. This is conducive to improving teaching quality and ensuring the level of scientific research.

Geographically, Southwest University is in Chongqing and Northwest University is in Xi. From the perspective of economic development and employment prospects, Chongqing is relatively good, so Southwest University has certain advantages in employment. So Southwest University is better.