M.S. in United States

The US is the biggest market for overseas education. US have the presence of the prestigious colleges like Princeton, Harvard, MIT, Stanford etc.  As US is the hub for science and technology many students prefer doing MS in the US than in other countries. A 12-24 months course is a must in a US University, which could be thesis-based or non-thesis oriented.

For an international student, 16-year education ( 4-year Bachelor degree ) is mandatory in order to be eligible to pursue an MS degree in the US. Additionally, a good GRE score and IELTS or TOEFL are also required by the university.

On an average, the tuition fees for MS in USA will be about INR 10 – 30 Lacs and the cost of living will cost about $10,000 – $15,000 (INR 10 Lacs) per year.

A majority of Fortune 500 companies are headquartered in the US, including the biggest tech companies like Google, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Facebook etc. So, plenty of job opportunities are there for MS graduates in the US.

At the entry-level, an MS graduate can get a job with an annual salary of about USD 69,000 (INR 49 Lacs) to USD 90,000 (INR 60 Lacs) per annum. High paying jobs are usually available in the advertising, finance, IT, engineering, and management domains.

Lot of opportunities:

You can do internships in big companies like Intel, amazon, google, Facebook and get placed there as full time, Intel even have internal policy of cover ring at least 75% of interns to full time.

Almost every company want to hire fresher, as they are coming out with knowledge of cutting edge technology, more open for changes and least important they are less costly.

Even you don' get job in above two points there are lot of opportunities available because of mid size startups and they love H1's having a good skill.

Your alumni network will also help you getting job in the industry.

At last but not the least, you can get a job after posting on dice, LinkedIn and other job portals here.

We could have been more clear if you had mentioned the course that you want to take up in United States.

Hello Kaliki,

MS in USA is the most sought after study option for most of the tech driven career aspirants. USA is the biggest hub for studies with over 800,000 international students at various levels of studies and courses. An MS from a reputed US university has a huge value in the market and can go a long way to you securing an awesome career.

The first step for taking admission would be to shortlist the universities and then the exams through which they take admissions. Generally US universities take admission for postgraduate courses throuh GRE and GMAT.

For more information, follow the below link:

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