<p>^ “What you get out of your education will be in direct relation to what you put in.” = truth</p>
<p>Still, certain schools have reputations for being very good in certain areas. For example, I am from Pennsylvania. Penn State is a very reputable for business and engineering. But if I was going to major in neuroscience or go pre-med, I might look into Pitt.</p>
<p>Also, overall academic prestige varies as much as it does for private schools. Whether this academic prestige matters to you I do not know. The Universities of Virginia, Michigan, and California at Berkeley are quite a bit more “prestigious” than, say, Arizona State or West Virginia University for example. Whether this prestige alters the education you get, I could not say. I am confident, however, that a good student at Arizona State can attain a much better education than a bad student at Michigan, so keep that in mind.</p>