The top CS universities are highly regarded for the research that their faculty and graduate students perform. The impact on undergraduates is indirect: there'

The top CS universities are highly regarded for the research that their faculty and graduate students perform. The impact on undergraduates is indirect: there's a bigger variety of advanced CS courses, opportunities to hear about or participate in cutting edge CS research, and better equipped facilities but for the 90% of students who go on to work on web frontend/backend, none of those matter much. Going to a top CS university is important primarily if the student is planning to work for a FAANG or another context where CS knowledge is useful or the student is planning to get a Ph.D.