MS in CS versus MS in sysE versus MBA

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<p>After I finish college for an undergrad in CS, I would like to get some sort of higher education, but I'm not sure entirely which one. I'm not entirely sure if an MS in CS would be useful, because software development is learned better through experience than classroom teaching, but people have told me that it can boost my pay significantly. I feel that an MS in sysE/IE would be very useful because I would like to be a project manager for a large tech company, but I'm not sure if most companies recognize it as more of a traditional engineering degree than an engineering management degree. I think an MBA would be useful because people have told me it is practically impossible to enter a management position unless I have an MBA, but I'm not sure how relevant it would be to the tech industry. </p>

<p>Also, here are the schools I would consider going to for each degree. Yes, I know all of them are in the Northeast, I want to go to school there.</p>

<p>MS in CS:</p>

<p>RPI
NYU-Poly
Northeastern
WPI
RIT
Lehigh University</p>

<p>MS in SysE/IE:</p>

<p>BU
Northeastern
Penn State
WPI
RPI</p>

<p>MBA:</p>

<p>BC
Tufts
Brandeis
BU</p>

<p>Any help would be appreciated.</p>

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<p>Well, right now you are either a HS senior. I know the future is really exciting, but you are getting incredibly ahead of yourself. Like all of us you will most likely change your mind 100+ times before you finally figure out what you really want to do. When you get to college and start taking classes you will see what you like the most and you can shift your focus towards that. It will all come soon enough.</p>