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Graduate School for Industrial Engineering Help?

Hello,

I am currently going to be a senior at Penn State University (top 5 undergrad school in IE) majoring in Industrial Engineering. I am wanting to go to grad school after college and I am just looking for some general advice.

Credentials:

Major: Industrial Engineering
Minor: Six Sigma Methodology
GPA: 3.41
Major GPA: 3.40
Extracurricular Activities: Active Member of IIE (institute of industrial engineers), Active Member of Alpha Pi Mu (IE honors Fraternity), Member of American Society of Quality
Work Experience: Two summers of relevant engineering internships. One at a very large manufacturing company (Flowserve). Also held various jobs throughout high school and college (not engineering related).

Here’s my situation:

I have not decided whether or not I am wanting to go into the work force and go to an online school or go to an actual campus. I have a girlfriend who is a senior as well (actuarial science) so depending on where/if she gets a job will play an impact on whether I do an online program or not.

Here are some of the schools that I am looking at:

On campus:
-RPI
-Northeastern
-Boston College
-University of New Haven (a small school in Conn)

Online:
-Arizona State Online
-University of Florida
-Binghamton University (may consider the on campus program as well..I need to research this school some more)

What do you guys think? Especially about RPI and Northeastern. Am I aiming WAY to high to try and get into those two schools? I haven’t taken the GRE yet, but I have been studying a lot for it, so hopefully I can do decent. What about an online program? How credible is a program such as one at Arizona State Online or University of Florida? Both have told me that upon completion of their program nothing on my diploma says anything about it being online. Finally, are there any other programs that I should look into that I haven’t come across yet? I am especially interested in Operations Research and Quality Engineering.

Thanks for all your help!

1 Comment
  1. PE2008 says

    All of these schools are credible.

    Instead of an MSIE, you might want to diversify a bit by taking an MSIT in Industrial Technology/Management. This is similar to Industrial Engineering, but with some MBA-type courses in Management. Accreditation is by NAIT/ATMAE.

    Incidentally, make sure you take your EIT/FE exam before the material fades away from memory…

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