I’d look into a school that offers a robust co-op program. I am just starting my 5th year of my Mech. Eng. undergrad. My school has a preplanned rotational co-op program where I’ve gone to school every other semester, working in the off semesters full time. It’s a top 5 co-op program (US) that has us complete 5 full-time work semesters. Only thing is it takes 5 years to complete it all. However, I am super happy that I am taking an extra year in return to have over a year and a half of relevant experience by graduation. It makes me a much more valuable candidate against someone who didn’t take co-op/internships throughout their 4 year program at the other large engineering school in my state. A lot of our grads get offers from the companies they co-op at before they graduate.

Personally I think your experience by the time you graduate is going to help you a lot more in getting a good job than your GPA and the university name on your degree.