The Cisco Certified Network Associate Industrial (CCNA Industrial) certification is for plant administrators, control system engineers and traditional network engineers in the manufacturing, process control, and oil and gas industries, who will be involved with the convergence of IT and Industrial networks.
The initials, MA written directly after a person's name usually refers to the degree held by that person, in this case, a Masters of Arts degree. login register
I see two factors: (1) The MPS designation is not nearly as well known as a MA or MS. However if you spell it out on your resume then it looks OK (I have the same issue with my MAS - very few people know what it is - occasionally I use MAeroSc when in Europe). (2) An MPS from Penn State carries a more prestige than a MA or MS from most other schools.