rustin03
Aerospace
- Jun 2, 2004
- 13
Hi all,
I just finished my MS in Aero Astro at Stanford, and was recently accepted to study for a second masters degree in the EE department at USC.
The original point of getting the 2nd masters degree was to become really specialized in modern control theory, and then go off to be a professional engineer.
However, now I am having second thoughts!
The 2nd masters will cost me around $30,000 over the course of the next 2 years and I am not sure it will be worth it financially.
Will companies (big aerospace companies in particular) generally pay a higher salary for a person with 2 masters degrees as opposed to one? It would be a LOT cheaper to just audit the controls classes I'm looking to take, so if getting a second degree isn't going to pay off, I'd just as soon take the classes for no-credit and save the $30,000 in tuition.
Thoughts? Thanks!
I just finished my MS in Aero Astro at Stanford, and was recently accepted to study for a second masters degree in the EE department at USC.
The original point of getting the 2nd masters degree was to become really specialized in modern control theory, and then go off to be a professional engineer.
However, now I am having second thoughts!
The 2nd masters will cost me around $30,000 over the course of the next 2 years and I am not sure it will be worth it financially.
Will companies (big aerospace companies in particular) generally pay a higher salary for a person with 2 masters degrees as opposed to one? It would be a LOT cheaper to just audit the controls classes I'm looking to take, so if getting a second degree isn't going to pay off, I'd just as soon take the classes for no-credit and save the $30,000 in tuition.
Thoughts? Thanks!