Carnegie Mellon Dual Degree Program?

[sachincp16]

Hi All,

 

So I received an admissions offer from CMU's dual degree program: Engineering and Technology Innovation Management (E&TIM) and Mechanical Engineering. I was pretty excited about that. The issue I have run into now is whether the cost of attending is justified. It is a two year program, so about 40k a year, plus living costs, with about a 9K scholarship. I am not finding much information about others who attended the dual degree program, so I was wondering if anyone has attended this program, or knows anyone who has, or even known anything about the E&TIM program. I have received other competing admissions offers from BU engineering with a 21k scholarship, and lehigh University no scholarship, both being one year programs. Is there a benefit to getting dual degrees, or would an engineering masters from the other schools above be competitive enough for a job hunt for a mechanical engineering position? 

 

Thanks!