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Could anyone else possibly weigh in on this?

What are you basing this on? I understand that UTHSC is a few cuts below the other two, but my understanding was that Michigan and Minnesota were peer institutions in the second tier along with UNC (at least for someone uninterested in stat gen.)

Hello all! I am currently deciding among offers from Michigan, Minnesota, and Texas-Health Sciences (family reasons.) Many family members and friends have encouraged me to enroll at Michigan, citing the fact that Michigan is a more prestigious brand name that will enhance my employment opportunities down the line. Do y'all have a sense of whether undergraduate prestige substantially affects post-graduation opportunities in biostat, or is the market undersaturated enough that choosing either of the two comparable programs would set me up quite well for a career path? (For the record, I'm not super interested in either statistical genetics or clinical trials, so the areas of focus at Michigan and Minnesota are kind of irrelevant to me.)