<p>First question, i want to know what is the point of grad school
second, what are the benefits of grad school
third, does it depend what grad school you go to how much benefit you will gain
and finally, what are the top enineering grad schools and is there reallly any point of going to grad school for engineering?</p>
<p>ppl with a masters degree get paid a lot more.</p>
<p>Wow... yes, there's tons of reasons to go to grad school for engineering. What year are you in college? What type of engineering are you interested in?</p>
<p>When I was a senior, I was getting towards the end of my formal education and was beginning to realize, in a panic, that I was missing massive chunks of knowledge. I felt like there was no possible way I could go out in the world and practice engineering just knowing what there is to know from the set of courses required in an undergraduate degree. There is so much more to know.</p>
<p>Most masters programs take a year-- two years at most, generally-- and the courses you take will help you further and enrich some areas of knowledge and will create entirely new areas of knowledge that you would never have gotten in an undergraduate degree program. There are also research programs that you may be required to get involved in, and that's been one of the greatest things I've encountered to further my career. You have the opportunity to become an expert in something, to specialize-- and that's something very impressive to be able to offer potential employers.</p>
<p>Fiscally speaking, the payoff is significant. You can get universities to pay for your graduate education and can get a stipend to live off of, so really, it won't add to your incurred debt, and it's just a year or two more of living off ramen. Some firms won't even interview you if you don't have a masters, and your starting salary can increase by 10 to 15K/yr.</p>
<p>Yes, it depends to a certain extent on what graduate school you go to, but the quality between universities for graduate education programs doesn't vary as greatly as you generally see in undergraduate program qualities.</p>
<p>"Top engineering grad schools" highly depend upon what branch of engineering you're interested in. So, let me know what year you are, and what type of engineering you're going into, and we'll all be better equipped to make suggestions.</p>
<p>you learn more, have better credentials, can get better jobs, get paid more - this applies for any subject area
which grad school matters at least as much as which undergrad school - better credentials, better resume, better chance at top jobs if you're from HYPSM, etc (again, in any subject area)
for engineering - the obvious ones are MIT, CalTech, Cornell</p>
<p>Grad schools are usually to enhance your education in one specific subject if you are in engineering or the sciences(i.e. physics). If you want to practice law, you have to go to Law School. </p>
<p>Also, some people were not satisfied with their undergraduate education, either because the school was not competitive or the major was not challenging. </p>
<p>And yes, the paycheque is significantly higher (first jobs).</p>