@informative While the university itself is a factor, it’s not about prestige for employers. It’s more about the quality of the academics in the department/student’s GPA and achievements in college. For example is an Ivy better than UMD? Yes, but is it better for Computer Science? So many people tout UMich and UWisconsin for engineering, even over other top private schools. Syracuse’s Communications department is very strong and it gives OP’s daughter a wide range of employment opportunities over majoring in TV/Film/Theater (a rather restrictive major) and hoping to bank off of ND’s name.