MBA or Master’s in Engineering Management?

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Question by Jarrett D: MBA or Master’s in Engineering Management?
I will be graduating in May of 2009 with my B.S. in Electronic Engineering Technology from the University of North Texas. I can’t decide should i get my master’s in Engineering Management or should i get my MBA, and if so, which concentration should i get in for the MBA. I would love to here your suggestions.
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Answer by Sandra
i think that the MBA will be better for you, it will open lots of opportunities before you. i suggest that you can take the project management or planning as concentration in your MBA.
Good luck
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about 1 year ago
Try doing both if you can. This would look wonderful on your resume. You’re still in the the study mode, so that would be the perfect time to do so.
about 1 year ago
It depends on your career goals. The MBA degree was originally created because engineers working for companies were promoted to managerial positions, and often they did not know how to manage, although they were good engineers. Companies needed managers who could understand what the engineers were saying, and managers without engineering degrees often did not understand the engineers and their needs. Business schools responded by creating the MBA degree. It is a general degree designed to train student to enter any area of management. Most MBA programs accept students with any undergraduate degree.
The MBA is in contrast to the MS degree which trains students to reach higher levels of knowledge in their specialty so that they can serve as better staff and researchers, with no intention of becoming high level managers.
Consult the Official MBA Guide, a comprehensive free public service with more than 2,000 MBA programs listed worldwide. It allows you to search for programs by location (US, Europe, Far East, etc.), by concentration (finance, marketing, aviation management, health management, accounting, etc.), by type of program (full-time, distance learning, part-time, etc), and by listing your own criteria and preferences to get a list of universities that satisfy your needs. You can use the Guide to contact schools of your choice, examine their data, visit their web site, and send them pre applications. You can see lists of top 40 schools ranked by starting salaries of graduates, GMAT scores, and other criteria. It’s the best service available at http://officialmbaguide.org.