<p>Which is more important:</p>
<p>The name of the college</p>
<p>or</p>
<p>The quality of the education</p>
<p>(if you had to pick one)</p>
<p>This hits on the prestige vs. fit idea, the lesser known LAC vs. the well-known University debate, etc.</p>
<p>Dicuss</p>
<p>For getting the first job: name</p>
<p>For long-term and the rest of your life: education</p>
<p>But education is pretty good at big name schools</p>
<p>yea.</p>
<p>but lets say u could go to Frog College which u know for a fact has amazing professors but no one outside of two miles of it has heard of it. or Important University, which theoretically had poor professors but is know nationwide.</p>
<p>I know some people get degrees in one area and a job in some completely unrelated field.</p>
<p>Is what you learn in college more important than what people think they can learn about you just by the name of ur school</p>
<p>Can you name some examples of "Frog College" and "Important University"?</p>
<p>lol well not exactly. im not sure any really fit the protype of Important University.</p>
<p>i was just wondering how people value different aspects of college. Say a magic genie who could see into the future told you that if u went to a unknown university instead of a prestigious one that you would get a better education, would u overcome the temptations of going to prestigue U. and go for the learning at the no-name school?</p>
<p>all theoretical of course cause most "name" schools have solid academics</p>
<p>The name is more important. But wait, don't they have a name for a reason.....ummm YEA THEY DO! THEY ALSO HAVE A GREAT EDUCATION!!!! STOP HATING ON PRESTIGIOUS SCHOOLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>I'd say that the most important thing would be fit in general. Fit in level of selectivity, fit in academic programs you're interested in, fit in social life, etc.</p>
<p>I guess that's more along the lines of the second one, but, honestly, "education" doesn't do it justice. There's also selectivity as well as social life and other factors. Ultimately, college is less like a school and more like your life for the next 4 years.</p>
<p>I would rank it this way: </p>
<ol>
<li><p>The kind of program you have earned - example, if you have a degree in medicine. Regardless where you earned it from, it will give you better future because medicine is a lucrative profession.</p></li>
<li><p>The prestige of the school you earned your degree from - a degree from Berkeley, for example, would command more respect and authority (in your field of work and in your community) than a degree from say Fordham. This is not binding and not always happening, but this is true, nonetheless.</p></li>
<li><p>The quality of education -- comes 3rd in my list. Most people are biased to schools with resounding reputation. Princeton's engineering is not that well respected but Princeton grads are very valued by employers than, say UCLA grads, because Princeton is more prestigious than UCLA.</p></li>
</ol>