By less debt, I was talking about choosing to attend a school that costs much less, but admittedly having a degree from a less prestigious institution. I wasn’t really thinking about known vs. unknown (or unheard of), I was asking about less known vs state directional (and much less expensive). Because for many of us, the decision isn’t Princeton vs. Bloomsburg, where the decision may seem more clear cut.
Would an employer really care whether a student graduated from Rider University in NJ or Lynchburg College in VA, just as an example? Assuming limited merit aid, one is MUCH more expensive than the other. There are many decisions that go into this understandably. In this scenario, yes, it would be less debt.