Duke University's Fuqua School of Business MSQM:BA

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In America we are all about brand. I remember asking a friend of mine who doesn't have a degree but at one point was accepted and attended a top university that he should place all of his credits into one of the big 3. TESU, I believe and he mentioned that he rather not have a degree than have to put that on his resume. That it looks better to be an entrepreneur with just a hs diploma and the background of a drop out than to have a degree from what it is basically a non branded institution.

For the VAST majority of people, and careers, a Bachelor's degree from an RA school is just fine, and SHOULD be on your resume.  There are maybe 3% of careers in VERY specific fields that need a branded degree.  Finance is one of them, and then only if you're looking at some very specific cities/roles/companies.

For the other 97% of people, just get a good cheap degree and start your career.  You'll be fine.  No one cares where you got your degree.  No one.

While no one will care where I get my degree from, I personally do. I understand the cost of the degree is more than most on this forum would want to pay but at the end of the day, it is my education.

You are also in finance, so you are not who I was addressing.  Stoic was saying that his friend said that a non-branded degree is not worth putting on your resume, which is about as far from the truth as you can get.  It's just simply not true.  A non-branded degree is, for probably 99.9% of people, worth more than no degree at all.