Things may be different now, but 40 years ago I got an MS in engineering. My classes were a mixed group, with both Master's and PhD students. The consensus among my fellow students was that in Engineering, a PhD put you in a position to be a professor. If your focus was to actually work as an engineer, rather than teach or do research at…
Things may be different now, but 40 years ago I got an MS in engineering. My classes were a mixed group, with both Master's and PhD students. The consensus among my fellow students was that in Engineering, a PhD put you in a position to be a professor. If your focus was to actually work as an engineer, rather than teach or do research at a university, then the PhD didn't provide a lot of benefits over the Master's. I'm sure there are exceptions to this rule, but I suspect that generally it is still true.
Things may be different now, but 40 years ago I got an MS in engineering. My classes were a mixed group, with both Master's and PhD students. The consensus among my fellow students was that in Engineering, a PhD put you in a position to be a professor. If your focus was to actually work as an engineer, rather than teach or do research at a university, then the PhD didn't provide a lot of benefits over the Master's. I'm sure there are exceptions to this rule, but I suspect that generally it is still true.