Funded UConn or Unfunded Tamu, Umass Amherst, UMN

[masab_ahmad]

Hi!

I have been accepted with three years funding to UConn's Electrical Engineering PhD program. I also have unfunded acceptances from TAMU (MS), UMass Amherst (PhD), and UMN (PhD). I am going directly for the PhD, and don't have an MS Degree. 

The options for me are to either go to UConn, or take loans/work for other schools until I get an assistantship. 

So I just wanted to ask whether UConn will be a good school for me considering the job prospects after I complete my studies (~5 yrs)? (My focus is on Computer engineering-Security). Also, how do UConn engineering graduates fare in the industry, its closer to the Boston area than UMass, so job prospects must be good I presume? 

Thanks

[RoaringMice]

What are your goals for this PhD? Academia, or industry? I ask because it sounds like your goal is industry, but you've applied to PhD programs. To be honest, for industry, an MS would normally be more valuable than a PhD would be. Do you have work experience in the field, post-bachelors? Employers want you to have work experience in engineering between your BS and your MS.

 

Are you legal to work in the US?

 

My personal belief is that, if you're doing a PhD, you should go in fully funded.