<p>I always known UW-M was a great school, in fact, my favorite chemistry professor went there.</p>
<p>But, areas wih large biotechs give a student the most oppertunity to get a job in the field. I wouldn't say SDSU is a top science school let alone a top University but I have many colleagues who went there as well as UCSD, Cal, MIT, random schools in Colorado, etc that have all done well. The point to be made is that many of the SDSU grads were student workers there during their undergrad and were promoted once they graduated. The main thing about going to schools in a biotech hub is that it makes it easier to get your foot into the door. </p>
<p>The funny thing is although UCSD is considered a premier school in this arena, with the bioengineering program being ranked #2 in the nation but have talked about the their research experience being relevant to actual jobs. Why, because that level of cutting edge research has a small niche. Most of that interesting level of research is done academically.</p>