USC VS. UCSD for Masters in Electrical Engineering

[alee]

Hey everybody,

 

I recently got my unofficial admittance emails from UCSD and USC for a terminal Masters in Electrical Engineering and am currently wondering which one I should choose. Does anybody have any opinions on the two schools and which one would be better/provide more opportunities after graduation? My emphasis would be RF Communications/Analog. Costs would be roughly the same because I would be living at home for USC which would offset the higher tuition.

 

Thanks

Edited February 18, 2014 by alee

[KENfP]

UCSD

[Meirrin]

UCSD is the better choice (USC isn't a bad choice by any means though - great school too). UCSD has an extremely strong and reputable circuits program, especially its RF Communications. UCSD has also been gaining positive reputation as of late, so its reputation is likely to grow even more in the future. In addition, there are a lot of great companies (like Qualcomm) that regularly recruit from UCSD.

 

Luckily UCSD is close to USC, so I doubt location would be an issue for you if that is what your worrying about.