<p>“The quality of the education is going to be very similar at both of these institutions. Business school transfers can be very difficult to accomplish, whether from within the same university or from another university.”</p>
<p>…and you base these remarks on what happened to you “several decades” ago at an entirely different school? Look IMHO Michigan is just better than UIUC in overall academics and especially in business. With costs being the same, I really think that Michigan is the way to go for the OP.</p>