MY completely uninformed guesses:
- if you want to work in the US, a US university is probably more likely to get recruited by US companies
- The M. Eng. program at Cornell looks to be different than the MS program at Columbia. You may prefer one program of studies to the other. I did an M.Eng. at Cornell a billion years ago, some of the value then depended on the value of the design project one chose. Do you have one in mind?
- The Columbia program seems more established to me, at quick glance.
I would want to know what they do for you as far as job recruiting, in each case. And what kind of guidance you will be getting in general. I have heard that this (guidance) is not Columbia’s strong point.
I wonder how many faculty at the ithaca campus are even involved with design of medical devices, or have deep experience with compamies that do that. There are some that are probably involved in design of veterinary devices though. They probably have developed some programs with the med school in NYC but how will that all work? Unless you spend part of the time at the Roosevelt island campus…