Part time Engineering graduate school

cosmicfish
Tue, 08 Mar 2011 14:02:33 +0000

It has been my experience that most of the schools that offer these programs are near large employers (or at least concentrations of employers) in the relevant industries, as they need a market for the procuct. I do not think Penn State (a top 50 program) offers a part-time degree because it is (as we say) out in a cornfield, whereas Johns Hopkins (another top 50 program) does, because it has a large market. Even schools without a dedicated program may have some part-time options, it just won’t be as formal and will probably be more restrictive.

I am not sure about top-10 schools - I am inclined to say that they would not, as a rule, but I cannot say with any certainty.

Bear in mind that most of these programs use different instructors and curricula, and sometimes even different facilities - they may not be equivalent to the nominally identical full-time program at the same school. I am a graduate of one such program (Hopkins), and while I am glad I did it I am under no illusions that I received a comparable education to the full-time students.