Does it make a difference with regards to UL@Laf, LSU, and LA Tech

LSU

After your first job you are hired off of your experience and reputation.

I wouldn't move to Kentucky.

considering classes may not transfer I would stay at la tech

You get jobs by networking, the school you went to doesn't matter

Ruston is a fairly nice, clean, and safe college town. Specifically, why does he think it's a shite hole?

To answer your question, it prob wouldn't make a difference. LSU and ULL are closer to 'the plants' so as a chemE they may have recruiters visiting more often or more opportunities to interact with those companies, but prob not a huge difference in the credibility of the degree between the three.

ULL tries to distance themselves from Lafayette, that should tell you something.

Imagine talking to someone not from a three parish area of south Louisiana and think about their reaction to your degree being from ULL or LSU. No contest.

Right!!! Nothing is wrong with Ruston, I'm from BR but saw Ruston as an escape to slow down and really figure out things in Life and what is important.

Did he visit their before transferring, what were his expectations?

In terms of getting his first job, yes. He'll be at a disadvantage transferring to ULL. In fact, transferring to a school like ULL, unless he's a freshman or something, would be a bigger disadvantage than if he had started there. Going to a less competitive program like ULL can be okay, because if you're a big fish in a small pond, you can more easily impress your professors and maybe get them to go the extra mile in helping you network. But as a transfer student, he'll have less time to build those relationships.