UW Masters vs RPI PhD

[Jayen]

Okay, so I was pretty content with UW Masters in Applied Math, RPI calls me this morning with funded PhD offer.

Can anyone help me out?

Here are some thoughts:

They both are strong in research that I'm interested in, though UW is stronger.

Seattle > Troy

I would have to be ~30k for the masters, then reapply for the PhD program at UW; I get 18k plus tuition waived at RPI

They are comparable in US News Ranking... but NRC puts UW at 1, and RPI isn't even on there

What do you guys think? Ahhhh. How is RPI's reputation, coming from the west coast, I rarely hear of it...

Thanks!

[geekgrl1]

I don't know anything about the specific programs you are looking at; but as someone born and raised in Ohio, I can tell you that RPI has an outstanding reputation in these parts. So much so that if you tell someone you went there, you'll get a "WOW! Did you really?"