My wife is from Taiwan and she says people there know about California schools like Cal, UCLA, USC, Stanford. The only east coast school a lot of them would be familiar with was Harvard.
It’s slightly funny/ironic but I think schools like Cal and UCLA have more prestige among ordinary people outside the US compared with among ‘elite’ employers who would favor Yale/Princeton any day of the week.
This is why I think this entire prestige debate is so pointless*
*Having said that, my firm disproportionately hires from elite schools so I can understand why people get so worked up about it. It absolutely matters to a lot of people and companies.