MS in Materials Science Vs Industrial Engineering

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<p>Hi everyone!!
Sorry that I couldn’t make the post short!!</p>

<p>GRE/TOEFL: Yet to take in November
undergrad: Material Science, IIT Kharagpur (will be graduating with a Dual Degree in 2014)
CGPA: 7.55/10, GATE 2013 AIR:43 out of 3000 candidates in metallurgy (GATE: Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering, AIR: All India Rank)
Confused over: Which will be better for me MS in Material Science/Industrial Engineering (MSIE), or Engineering Management (MEM) when I lastly will be doing MBA after 5-6 years from now?</p>

<p>It will be really grateful if someone can help for anything below.

  1. Jobs (nature-managerial, consulting, R&D etc /salaries/locations) after MS in material science for Indian students in US. (Interested in TAMU because tuition fees are less)
  2. Salary (Interested in manufacturing industries/consulting & strictly not R&D)
  3. Problems related to Visa, (Work/Student visa) if any.
  4. Best ways to get Financial aids.
    (already searching sites but its better to be specific)</p>

<p>Some points bothering me:

  1. whether to go for MS in Material Science/ Industrial Engineering (MSIE)/Engineering Management (MEM) (As I am not highly motivated by studying metallurgy and; Industrial engg I have kept it as an option because I want to have an industrial (interdisciplinary: consulting/manufacturing) job experience from US, prior to MBA.
  2. Take a job here in India and do MBA (abroad) after 4-5 years.
  3. Doing MBA down the line is sure for me.
  4. MS in materials science: does it really make sense when I already will be having an M.Tech degree from India (One of my reason to keep Industrial engineering as an option because eventually I want to move away from mat sci. after MBA)
  5. MS in mat sci. will be easier to me than industrial engg. because of background as well as for getting financial aids.</p>

<p>Need guidance.</p>