>>11383531it just depends on your field of study and career plans after the degree(s). if you want to become a professor then going to a more prestigious university will help a lot. if you just want to work in industry or maybe a govt lab, then you might be fine at you meh university as long as you get an internship or two during the degree. more prestigious university will usually have better connections to top companies like apple, amazon, intel, etc, but not everyone wants those