The next notable factor between the two schools has to do with their size. NYU has a much larger program in sheer numbers with up to 1000 students enrolled at any one time in the film school when considering all the years of the program. USC has a smaller total size school of several hundred which makes for smaller classes and greater one on one access to professors. Also, the equipment tends to be in better condition at USC because of considerably less number of students using the limited amount. In this respect I give USC the edge.
However, one advantage of the larger NYU program comes after graduation. The sheer number of NYU graduates in the industry make it easier to network in my opinion. While there is certainly a strong Trojan network that should not be dismissed, I found in my years in LA that I ran across many more NYU