Distance PhD in Mechanical Engineering

For a long time now I've been trying to complete my education getting a PhD in Mechanical Engineering, unfortunately there were any in the area where I'm working full time.

Leaving work is definitely not an option for me, so I started to do
some research on getting it through Distance Learning and, checking some books at the local bookstore I found that Colorado State University offers exactly that. However, the program was not exactly oriented to my field of expertise. Then I decided to do some additional research, and I found at the Peterson's web site that Michigan Technological University and University of South Carolina offer a Distance PhD in Mechanical Engineering.

I've been reading Bear's guides, and I bought a couple of them, I even did some research here and in www.degree.net , but none of them include these 2 programs as an option.

The guide says that if a School is not included in the database is because it won't be a good selection or is not an accredited School.

Personally, I like the program offered by USC through APOGEE, and anybody can check it at [url]http://www.engr.sc.edu/studentservices/apogee/,[/url] or you can even check the MTU program at
http://www.me.mtu.edu/distance_learn/fordphd/index.html.

However, before make any decision, I will like to ask why these 2 programs are not included in the database?, does anybody knows if there is any problem with them?, does anybody knows of any complaint?.

Thanks a lot for your attention and I'll be waiting for any response.

Regards,

Javier Diaz

 

University of Bradford www.brad.ac.uk (BG15, 176)
Colorado State University www.learn.colostate.edu (BG15, 106)
University of Melbourne www.unimelb.edu.au (BG15, 140)
Michigan Technological University www.admin.mtu.edu/eup (BG15, 163)