UMHB vs IWU CBE program?

[arbitrarysky]

If it weren't for this forum, I would never have heard of UMBH, IWU, or UMPI. None of them have much in the way of "prestige" in the same way that Yale or Harvard would. However, none of them are infamous either. If you're not going to a famous school or to an infamous school, almost nobody cares where your degree is from. Get the degree that best fits your goals, rather than choosing a school that's ranked (for instance) 398 instead of 399.

To be fair, I almost attended UMHB right out of high school. I applied, was accepted, and offered a scholarship but chose not to pursue that route. It's not an amazing school, but it has name recognition in TX/OK/LA. Like A&M Commerce, the "Applied Sciences" degree is really what dampers the *level of* prestige (not implying that these schools are truly prestigious). UMPI is the best bet for competitive grad programs like law, since you can go for the traditional BA/BS degrees while also affordably racking up 60 graded credits.