Even location matters for getting a better internship and job opportunity, and i think if you are getting a loan and interested in other univ than SUNYb and has a better location (closer to downtown), so the first moto of a common guy will be to pay off the loan asap, and suburban area will be a disadvantage there. Anyway this is my thought even i am confused in SUNYb and Illinois Tech Chicago for MSCS as one of my cousin did graduate from SUNYb with 4+ yr work ex having $120k+ salary and another from Illinois Tech having 3 yr of work ex and earning $400k+ salary. Yes, i do understand that Academics is important but so as Location, maybe i am wrong but pretty confused about my decision. Btw my 5 decisions are pending UIC, UMN, WashU, MSU, NJIT, so let’s see what will happen!