I think the framing of Generic versus Name Brand is a useful way to think about it. There are certain industries that value a Name Brand degree: For example, b

I think the framing of Generic versus Name Brand is a useful way to think about it. There are certain industries that value a Name Brand degree: For example, big investment banks like to be able to tell their clients that they have the “best and brightest” managing their billions. People will get distracted by whether Name Brand or Generic education is “better”, which isn’t really important from a “does the employment marketplace value this” perspective: Good students do find a way to get the education they demand wherever they are but the market may not value them equally. And if you’re about to point to so-and-so who went to Generic and say “they did great” then clearly they did something else that the employment market valued more than a Name Brand degree. Try and figure out what that something else was, it’ll give you an edge.