I got accepted into two masters programs -- Which do I choose?

[arcenite]

Drexel - MS in Information Systems

UMUC - MS in Cybersecurity

:hmm:

Edit: My goal in life is to be as successful as possible. I'd prefer to stay technical but it's not required. I currently work in IT for a large aerospace company and graduated with my Bachelors in CS two years ago.

 

[classy]

Which ever is cheaper. Most employers are just gonna glance at your education credentials anyway, but stare at your experience.

 

[HAL9000]

Ask the Owl,

I'd go with Cybersecurity, definitely. I wouldn't worry about cost too much, i'm sure it will be worth it.

 

[midwestfisherman]

This - UMUC - MS in Cybersecurity

 

[MichaelD]

I know nothing about the schools in question, but I work in the cyber industry. Security is where it's at and will be at for a very long time. There's your answer.

 

[mnewsham]

cybersecurity- dont put sensitive shit on the internet, encrypted or not.

 

[Gibson486]

Which ever is cheaper. Most employers are just gonna glance at your education credentials anyway, but stare at your experience.

yeah none of it is MIT or anything, so they are more likely just gonna go, "masters...check"

 

[HAL9000]

Security is where it's at and will be at for a very long time.

+1

 

[Oil]

I would go with Cybersecurity. We definitely need more people who are skilled at back tracing

 

[Texashiker]

I suggest cyber security.

Information Systems gets outdated every year.

People might buy new furniture (new operating systems), but the basic principle of a lock has been the same for the past couple of hundred years.

 

[HAL9000]

the basic principle of a lock has been the same for the past couple of hundred years.

Errrm.... No.

 

[Saint Nick]

MBA

 

[SP33Demon]

Cybersecurity, everyone has a MIS master's.

 

[arcenite]

Yeah you're all saying what I was thinking... UMUC makes me nervous though because they accept 99% of applicants... however the company I work for gives learning budget exceptions to UMUC's Cybersecurity program (among other security related programs).

I guess that answers it, huh.

 

[AstroManLuca]

If you get the master's in Cybersecurity can you join the cyber police?

 

[Printer Bandit]

do they offer electives in cybersex?

 

[arcenite]

do they offer electives in cybersex?

I'll ask that question!

 

[SlitheryDee]

Cybersecurity sounds cooler.

 

[arcenite]

Cybersecurity sounds cooler.

I agree... and it's certainly a much more specific and sought after field.

But the school makes me nervous.

 

[arcenite]

Ask the Owl,

I'd go with Cybersecurity, definitely. I wouldn't worry about cost too much, i'm sure it will be worth it.

The Owl isn't much help... all He cares about today (he's on Vaca) is what dinner is going to taste like

 

[Rudee]

Neither. Go into Engineering.

 

[ViviTheMage]

cybersecurity would be more interesting to me personally. So that'd be my choice.

 

[silverpig]

Walk in on your first day wearing a robe and a wizard hat.

 

[arcenite]

Neither. Go into Engineering.

You sound like my mother :awe:

Except, I would completely fail the gre/gmat.

 

[Drako]

I would go to UMUC, just to stay away from Philadelphia .