<p>I’m looking at a lot of ‘name brand’ schools for my undergraduate (Stanford, Princeton, etc.) and I’m wondering, what is the value of it to employers as opposed to a name brand grad school.Would it be worth it to go to a state college, then apply to a name brand university for grad school? Or the reverse, going to a name brand undergrad followed by a state level grad school?</p>
<p>An undergraduate degree means close to nothing in most, but not all fields. If I had to choose one, i would save money while in undergraduate, and then go to a prestigious grad school.</p>
<p>If you go to grad school, you should prove yourself at the “lesser” school for undergrad to get into the “better” grad school. Going to the great undergrad and then only getting into a “lesser” grad school is somewhat less impressive, as if the undergrad school made a mistake in admitting you.
Figure out how far you want to go in school, and plan to make the final school you attend the pinnacle of your resume.</p>
<p>Employers that hire graduate school graduates will look at the graduate school you went to. For example nobody will really care if you get a Physics degree from UCLA, not really much more so than others. But if you get a Physics PhD from UCLA that is a whole different story.</p>
<p>What field?</p>