I picked my college based on how close it was to home and price. A degree from one is the same as any other. Employers do not care where you graduated as long as you did and interview well.
There are employers of last resort, as well as colleges of last resort. A PhD from Podunk U isn't going to get you a job at Google. Google does rank some schools as more reliable developers of talent than others.
Of course, if you got a degree in Lit Crit, maybe things are different.
This isn't at all true: I know from having hired numerous people, and from having interviewed many many more, that some colleges simply do not do an adequate job of preparing their graduates for the more demanding positions.
Tennessee State Univ. in Nashville, for example, does such a woeful job of educating its so-called "engineering" graduates that most companies simply won't interview them.
Univ. of North Texas is another such; they may do a fine job with their Music majors, but their engineers are typically only suited for factory jobs where the principal requirement is a body temperature of 98.6...
There are many other such schools around the country, to many to list here.
Of course, you think you can dazzle 'em with your iinterviewing skills, but that only works *IF* you can get an interview...
WHY are Ivy League schools considered to be so much “better?” Do they actually teach something more? Does a doctor from Harvard know more about his specialty than a doctor from Duke? Or are the reputations just a result of decades of good public relations and marketing?