College prestige importance or lack thereof for various majors, career paths, and graduate / professional schools

The original post of this thread mentions in the importance (or lack of) of college prestige in engineering. The discussion started talking about engineering at prestigious colleges and related outcomes. I suppose that’s a change from the usual CC discussions that instead emphasize the importance of prestige in “elite” finance/consulting and CS at FAANG.

Nobody said that. I also wouldn’t assume a higher relative rate of working at “elite” consulting and lower rate of working in traditional engineering means destined to a live of life of poverty.