MS Field Guides

Master of Architecture (M.Arch), Master of Urban Planning, and Master of Real Estate Development are smaller MS-abroad pathways for Indian students compared to engineering approximately 1,500-3,000 Indian students enroll annually across architecture and urban planning master’s programs at top destinations. Top US programs (Harvard GSD, MIT SA+P, Columbia GSAPP, Yale Architecture, UC Berkeley CED, Princeton … Read more

Master of Public Health (MPH) and adjacent programs (MS Epidemiology, MS Biostatistics, MHS, MSPH) form a smaller MS-abroad pathway for Indian students compared to engineering or CS approximately 1,500-3,000 Indian students enroll annually across destinations. Top US schools of public health (Harvard T.H. Chan, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg, Yale SPH, Columbia Mailman, UC Berkeley SPH, UMich … Read more

MS in Computer Science is the highest-volume MS-abroad pathway for Indian students globally approximately 35,000-50,000 Indian students enroll annually across destinations. Beyond the AI/ML and Data Science specializations covered in dedicated pieces, MS CS includes critical sub-specializations that significantly affect career outcomes: Systems and Networks, Security and Cryptography, Software Engineering, Programming Languages and Compilers, Theory … Read more

MS in Industrial Engineering, Operations Research, and Supply Chain Management is a moderate-volume MS-abroad pathway for Indian engineering graduates approximately 4,000-7,000 Indian students enroll annually across destinations. Top US programs (Stanford MS&E, MIT ORC and IDSS, Cornell ORIE, UC Berkeley IEOR, Georgia Tech ISYE, Northwestern IEMS, Princeton ORFE, Columbia IEOR, CMU Tepper) admit Indian students … Read more

MS in Information Systems (MIS) and Management Information Systems is among the highest-volume MS-abroad pathways for Indian students after CS approximately 8,000-15,000 Indian students enroll annually across destinations. Top US programs (CMU MISM/MSIT, MIT Sloan MS BA, NYU Stern MSIS, USC Marshall MSBA/MSIS, UT Austin McCombs MSITM, ASU W.P. Carey MSIM, Maryland MIS, Indiana Kelley … Read more

MS in Aerospace Engineering is a smaller but distinctive MS-abroad pathway for Indian engineering graduates approximately 2,000-4,000 Indian students enroll annually. Top US programs (MIT AeroAstro, Stanford AAE, Caltech, Georgia Tech AE, UMich AE, Purdue AAE, Texas A&M AE, Penn State AE, USC ASTE, Colorado Boulder AES) admit Indian students in single to low double … Read more

MS in Business Analytics is among the fastest-growing MS-abroad pathways for Indian students approximately 7,000-12,000 Indian students enroll across destinations annually. Top US programs (MIT Sloan MBAn, Columbia MSBA, NYU Stern MSBA, USC Marshall MSBA, UCLA Anderson MSBA, UT Austin McCombs MSBA, NCSU Jenkins MSA) admit Indian students in moderate volume; mid-tier programs (Texas-Austin, NCSU, … Read more

MS in Finance, Financial Engineering, and Quantitative Finance is among the highest-compensation MS-abroad pathways for Indian engineering and business graduates approximately 5,000-8,000 Indian students enroll annually across destinations. Top US programs (MIT MFin, Princeton MSF, UC Berkeley Haas MFE, NYU Courant MSMF, CMU MSCF, Columbia MSFE, UCLA MFE, Cornell MFE, Chicago Master in Financial Mathematics, … Read more

MS in Biomedical Engineering (BME) is a growing MS-abroad pathway for Indian engineering graduates approximately 4,000-7,000 Indian students enroll annually across destinations. Top US programs (Johns Hopkins BME, Duke BME, Georgia Tech / Emory BME, MIT IMES, Stanford Bioengineering, UC Berkeley Bioengineering, UPenn BE, Northwestern BME, UCSD Bioengineering) admit Indian students in low double digits … Read more

MS in Chemical Engineering is a smaller MS-abroad pathway than CS/EE/ME for Indian engineering graduates approximately 3,000-5,000 Indian students enroll in ChemE master’s programs across destinations annually. Top US programs (MIT ChemE, Stanford ChemE, UC Berkeley CBE, Caltech ChemE, Princeton ChemE, Wisconsin-Madison, Minnesota CEMS, Northwestern ChBE) admit Indian students in single to low double digits … Read more