To compound on this, four years at a college is a perfect time to build social connections to people who will be all over the industry in various ways.
A T200 school may be a bit more limiting to a geographic region, but you'll still have contacts.
True. Forgot to mention that you don't get the network being passive. You have to actively seek it. A soso/poor geographic region will limit the network, but it's still there if you actively seek it.