v7jxcrystal Posted March 17, 2013 Posted March 17, 2013 (edited) Hi, I am about to get the offer of admission from cornell (MS/PHD) and CMU (MS) for structure engineering. Both are no fundings by now, but Cornell would consider funding decision recently. And it's hard to decide. I had never thought about continue for PHD, but some of the friends persvade me to catch the opportunity in Cornell since this is more attractive. I heard a statement that PHD is the preparation only for staying in college as a teacher and companies might not want to hire PHD especially in engineering. I don't know whether this is right or not, could you give me some information? For MS/PHD, the school says student would quit only for MS. In that case, which one is better? Thank you very much. Edited March 17, 2013 by v7jxcrystal
tarrman Posted March 17, 2013 Posted March 17, 2013 Most people with Ph.D.'s get jobs in industry, not faculty positions. I'm not sure about the market for structural engineering, but in electrical, it's extremely easy to get a job at graduation. Unemployment rates are the lowest among Ph.D.'s. It really comes down to what you want for a career.
v7jxcrystal Posted March 19, 2013 Author Posted March 19, 2013 Most people with Ph.D.'s get jobs in industry, not faculty positions. I'm not sure about the market for structural engineering, but in electrical, it's extremely easy to get a job at graduation. Unemployment rates are the lowest among Ph.D.'s. It really comes down to what you want for a career. Hi, thank you very much. In that case, I think I need further consideration.
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