My undergrad has a reputation as well. Its known as the “std school” at my old high school. My former classmates were thinking that its JMU, Virginia Tech, UVA, or William and Mary. If you went to any other school instate you were thought of as a loser. I was already a loser in high school so it didn’t matter to me. My school had my major, good teacher:student ratio, affordable, and in an ideal setting.
My school has allowed me to gain experience and all of my geology professors know my name/face. Grad schools don’t care what school you went too, they care what you did there. Also since I went the affordable route, I have money left over for grad school. To me its worth graduating with little to no debt vs seeing a pretty name on a diploma that I may look at once a year. Btw I’m a senior in undergrad so I do know how you feel.