Higher education is a hard entity to assess given the variables. What you want to be when you grow up determines going on to graduate school versus stopping with a bachelor’s degree. Lesser-known and smaller schools excel at undergraduate teaching, while larger research institutions offer better graduate training and degrees of pedigree. Whether your parents or you have money factors, and the number and value of scholarships makes the difference among Ivy League, private liberal arts school, the flagship campus of the state university, a satellite campus, and community college.
For me, the most important factors are what you want to study, who can impart that knowledge to you the best, and the opportunities which you can then create from higher education.
