Dear @Jsteez and @juillet
Thanks for the advice, but I have already decided to join one of these programs. These programs are hybrid programs (some taken online and some taken on-campus) so I can have my full-time job while studying. There are some on-campus requirements, so I have to go to campus for some of these classes, but overall, I won’t be wasting any of my time because I will be gaining a degree while working full time. If anything, I will be wasting my efforts/slack time and some money that I am willing to spend on furthering my education/personal brand.
I narrowed my decision to between Cornell School of Engineering and Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, but I can’t decide which school would benefit my career better in healthcare/Big Pharma administration/management in terms of branding my resume or finding connections/networking. JHSPH’s program seems much tougher than Cornell’s, but there are many Medical Doctors in JHSPH program which can be a good networking for me. However, my MPH would lose its brand since there are so many MD’s with MPH degrees. I was thinking that Engineering degree would be unique for a PharmD and give an edge as a quantitative professional. Also, I was thinking Ivy brand would be unique for a PharmD, because none of the IVY league schools offer a PharmD degree, so there are not many PharmD’s with Ivy degree.