<p>From what I gather from this subforum it seems like with M.S you don't have to worry about paying tuition thanks to funding, RAship, TAship, and etc., while if you're doing non-thesis option you have to pretty much pay out of your pocket, unless your employer pays for you. </p>
<p>So how does the latter happen? Do you just go to your employer and say "Hi if I get that degree it would be useful for you so please pay me" or does the company suggest/ask you to do it?</p>
<p>You usually will need to make the request. If it is a good company, they will honor the request and respect your goal to further your education. The company just wants you to do work (sometimes be their slave), not take time out and pursue more education.</p>
<p>Not all companies will fully fund your M.S education, as the ones I have worked for only sponsored $5000 per year. But some will. As most people have discussed, if a company funds you, you might not have the freedom to choose your program and the courses you take. They may fund you at a local college where you just take the courses. The company will expect you to be back after a year or 1.5 years if you are enrolled in graduate school full time. Some will prefer you to do an online M.S degree, which you can complete while working full time or part time.</p>
<p>Thanks for the reply.</p>
<p>I have another question. I’m going to be a senior with Chemistry major and Math minor. Is it possible to get a job with Chemistry, and then ask the company to fund my Master’s in ChemE? Do I have to get a job in a certain industry to this? I don’t want to go into research, btw.</p>
<p>Masters in Engineering programs typically want undergradute degrees in engineering. There are exceptions but not the rule.</p>
<p>if you would get tuition free doing the thesis option, why would you ever do a non-thesis option?</p>
<p>and how do you qualify for an engineering M.S. that is paid for you?</p>
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<p>Yeah, some schools are more blatant like U-Arkansas who basically tells Math & Physics majors to “get lost”. Others like Purdue and Michigan will just give you a M.S. degree with NO designation while giving holders of B.S. Engineering degrees a M.S. Engineering.</p>
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Because I don’t like research!</p>
<p>Ohio State University and a few others I found admit Chemistry majors for Master’s (non-thesis) in Chemical Engineering, as long as you take some prerequisite course before you begin the program. These courses should extend the time needed to complete the program by some bit, so my question would be will the company still pay for you? Do people usually take this master’s part time if they do it this way?</p>
<p>wait so let me get this straight: As long as you get in, you can apply to a grad school like Stanford for a specific major like MSE and then do “research” to get full tuition?</p>
<p>bump sorry</p>
<p>Will you consider a TAship? I don’t know much about how to actually do that, but if you don’t like research you could still be a TA. Both options seem great to me.</p>
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Research is pretty much a full-time job in grad school. You’re getting paid to do it, just like any other job. No need to put it in quotation marks.</p>