Here is another thread for that subject: Employers that reject applicants because they started at community college before completing a BA/BS at a university - #2 by momofboiler1
As a practical matter, would Purdue or UVA be elite enough to begin with for the employers in question, even without the starting-at-community-college issue? Of course, that also presumes that the OP is interested in such jobs and can pass whatever other selection criteria that these employers use.