Realistically, the only things that matter that you mentioned are money (not the endowment, though, just the research budget, AKA grant money) and the facilitie

Realistically, the only things that matter that you mentioned are money (not the endowment, though, just the research budget, AKA grant money) and the facilities. Undergrads are basically worthless (in fact, they may be a detriment because they drain resources from the professors and the grad students).