spartan32956

Hi all I have received an offer for MSPPM-DA at Heinz and MSCAPP at Harris. I have a strong math, stat and economics background and am looking to build hard computational skills. After school, I want to work in the tech space -- very open to the kind of sector. Currently, I am struggling to decide between the 2, but leaning more towards MSPPM-DA (due to financial considerations). Regarding that, I had a few questions. Would be grateful to get some opinions: 1. In terms of electives, I feel Harris has a wide range of rigorous technical classes. For MSPPM-DA, I read on this thread that there are limitations on the number of classes you can take at the CS department. Further, Harris has many economics and stats class that I can waive towards more CS oriented classes, but the same doesn't seem to be possible at Heinz for management classes. Q - Considering overall core + elective options, would joining MSPPM-DA put me at any disadvantage as compared to MSCAPP in terms of gaining hard computational skills (data science, data engineering, data analytics skills) ? 2. Assuming that I land a job providing the median salary, how easy or difficult would it be to pay off ~50K USD loan? Any experiences?