Are you wondering if you should just go for an MTech in India instead of the supposedly expensive MS degree in the USA?

Keep reading to help you decide what’s right for you.. :)

How helpful is an MTech degree?

PROS :
- MTech is cheaper than studying abroad and can make you eligible for placement in PSUs. If you did Bachelors from a low tier college and if you can do MTech from IIT/NIT/BITs (that means doing very very well in GATE), it will increase your employability and can give you access to top tier of employers in India.

CONS :
- Education quality in India is not good enough and the same is true for MTech. You have to, at the end of the day, deal with the same kind of teachers and similar infrastructural constraints in colleges.
- If you did undergrad from a good college, MTech will give you only a little additional advantage in terms of job opportunities
- Even if you get into a top tier institute in GATE, often employers always have a higher demand for undergrads at these places and you might compete against not only your MTech batchmates but BTech guys as well. The fact is a Master’s from India is not considered that cutting-edge. So, if you think you are going to gain some major knowledge boost, that is wishful thinking.

- GATE in India is highly competitive, So according to the stats 98.5% of the candidates appearing for GATE end up not meeting the cut off or even if they do, they will get non-IIT kind of colleges.

How helpful is an MS degree from US?

PROS :
- Education is way way better than in India. You will have the privilege of learning under Nobel Laureates, reputed award winner scientists and people who are truly experts in their fields.
- Starting salaries are quite high (USD 85k and above) that you can earn so much more than what you will back in India. - Many students have this myth about financial affordability but if you do the math, you can repay the loan in 2-4 years if you go to a decent enough school and work hard to get a good internship/job since CS folks are really in demand there.
- Besides the exposure to a foreign land, opportunities and learning to be independent are something that will make you a better person and professional in the long run. It will prepare you for a global career better than an MTech.

So, what to do?

In the end, it depends on your financial constraints but if you can manage a semester's worth of fee, I highly recommend looking at Master’s from the USA instead of MTech in India.

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