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Brown University - online Masters in Cyber Security - nyvrem - 08-19-2021
https://cs.brown.edu/degrees/cybersecurity/
they offer 2 tracks, Computer Science track, or Policy track.
https://cs.brown.edu/degrees/cybersecurity/tracks/
RE: Brown University - online Masters in Cyber Security - jsd - 08-19-2021
Looks like a nice program, but...
Quote:Each course in the program costs $9,168.
Woof. One single course costs essentially the same as the entire UT Austin or Georgia Tech programs.
I don't think the ROI on the brown name is going to be worth the 10x+ cost
RE: Brown University - online Masters in Cyber Security - Courcelles - 08-19-2021
(08-19-2021, 10:53 PM)jsd Wrote: Looks like a nice program, but...
Quote:Each course in the program costs $9,168.
Woof. One single course costs essentially the same as the entire UT Austin or Georgia Tech programs.
I don't think the ROI on the brown name is going to be worth the 10x+ cost
And you need 12 of them. You could move the decimal and still be more for the degree than GT or UT. Talk about a program fishing for people spending other people’s money.
RE: Brown University - online Masters in Cyber Security - sanantone - 08-19-2021
I'm counting eight courses. I don't know if I'm missing something.
RE: Brown University - online Masters in Cyber Security - MNomadic - 08-19-2021
(08-19-2021, 10:53 PM)jsd Wrote: Looks like a nice program, but...I noticed that too and immediately lost interest.
Quote:Each course in the program costs $9,168.
Woof. One single course costs essentially the same as the entire UT Austin or Georgia Tech programs.
I don't think the ROI on the brown name is going to be worth the 10x+ cost
RE: Brown University - online Masters in Cyber Security - jsd - 08-19-2021
(08-19-2021, 11:17 PM)sanantone Wrote: I'm counting eight courses. I don't know if I'm missing something.
I believe it's 8. Looks like "required courses" are listed twice though so it's confusing.
RE: Brown University - online Masters in Cyber Security - eLearner - 08-20-2021
Brown is an Ivy League school. They tend to not offer many bargains.
RE: Brown University - online Masters in Cyber Security - Pats20 - 08-20-2021
A Brown ms should pay for itself provided you have at least 5 years of work left after you graduate.
Assuming you can earn $20k more per year with a Ivy League masters vs a masters from a lower tier school. The difference in cost being $65k. 3.5 years break even.
This is hypothetical.
RE: Brown University - online Masters in Cyber Security - MNomadic - 08-20-2021
(08-20-2021, 07:06 PM)Pats20 Wrote: A Brown ms should pay for itself provided you have at least 5 years of work left after you graduate.
Assuming you can earn $20k more per year with a Ivy League masters vs a masters from a lower tier school. The difference in cost being $65k. 3.5 years break even.
This is hypothetical.
While having ivy league under your name is good, I would think the ROI is still better with GA Tech or UT Austin being highly ranked for their cyber and CS programs and being under $10k(assuming no scholarships for either program).
RE: Brown University - online Masters in Cyber Security - jsd - 08-20-2021
particularly in a field like Cybersecurity where this level of education (let alone the academic pedigree) isn't anywhere near necessary to make a huge salary.