Best Master's Degree's vol. Older NT heads

Originally Posted by Dathbgboy

Originally Posted by ThrowedInDaGame

MBA from top 5 business school> all



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MBA from school below T30 = piece of paper.

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Yea ok. PAs come out makin dough if in the right field. Anything medical>>>> other +%!. 

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I guess the words Private Equity don't mean anything to you?

I need to apply for grad school too. Posting for later

Originally Posted by Dathbgboy

Originally Posted by ThrowedInDaGame

MBA from top 5 business school> all



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MBA from school below T30 = piece of paper.

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Yea ok. PAs come out makin dough if in the right field. Anything medical>>>> other +%!. 

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While a PA is a very respectable job, the potential for job growth in finance and banking (provided you have a top-notch MBA, MSE, JD, LLM, etc ) is almost endless. Also, it's very prestigious, and potentially VERY high paying. We're talking in the millions, even Donald Trump money. Plus, I'm sure some bankers are part of the illuminati. 

MBA. Economics, most engineering masters' are all pretty stable.

Originally Posted by RawSheed

Originally Posted by ricky409

i'm getting ready to start searching for masters programs to start in the fall...

i got a BBA-Marketing w/ a minor in Biology w/ a school in the Texas A&M family...

few questions...

1. am i able to crossover into MS programs w/ just a minor in Biology?

2. i've heard of dual masters programs... like MBA/MS programs... could take me a few years to finish, but i'm for it...

3. dont have much experience besides management and asst management at retail sporting goods stores... is that even SOMEWHAT relevant?

4. i'm black. does that matter?

5. i really wouldnt mind attaining a masters degree in both business and science fields... how marketable would i be w/ both, even if they arent from top 25 schools?

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1. if you're serious about at least an MS in biology, it really depends on what you want to head into. Biology is so broad and at the MS level you need to get specific, esp. on what you want to do on your thesis.

ie if you wanna get an MS in the cell & molecular field, you might need to take relevant coursework in those areas. Then you'll need to obtain research experience at a lab at your university that would give you a good advantage in terms of applying for grad schools.

Funny you mention that, I'm gonna get my BS in Biology/Ecology and was thinking of minoring in Marketing, but I don't want to be an undergrad for another year

2. Dual masters are a great idea, def. lots of work though

4. Being a black guy in biology certainly never hurts I'm betting. The last two seminars I went to were hosted by two black professors doing some extraordinary work in the STEM fields (engineering & immunology to specific) and their resumes/CVs are off the charts. Their labs are here & here.

and this all pertinent info to whoever have the same questions.

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In May I'll be betting my M.P.S. (Master's of Professional Studies) in Sport Management.

To be completely honest, I went back for 2 reasons. 1. because the (few) jobs I found with my Bachelor's degree were NOT what I went to college for. My undergrad major was Sport Management also.

The 2nd reason was because I was able to land a graduate assistantship on my undergrad campus that covers grad school tuition 100%. Were it not for that, I wouldn't have taken out the loans for grad school. And having now actually gone through the program, that thought has only be re-enforced.

If I would've taken out close to 40k in loans for grad I would've seriously been depressed. The experience has been good from a networking and maturation standpoint but the education itself has not been worth the cost.

That's just my major though. I wouldn't be able to give an ounce of advice to an engineering major or somebody studying healthcare for example.

Didn't even know until a few months after I started my program that there were variations of Master's degrees.

I (will) have an MPS in Sport Management, but a good friend of mine who also went to graduate school and majored in Sport Management, but at Seton Hall got his MBA in Sport Management.

I had no idea that was even possible, I thought dude saying it wrong the first couple times, but it does exist, all depends on the school and the program.

Reading through this thread makes me feel like an utter failure 

I'm 28 and still have NO idea what would be a good career for me. I have a BS in Criminal Justice and work for a juvenile justice agency making diddly squat. Seriously, human service workers are so underpaid and under appreciated it's not even funny. Mental stress on a day to day basis and not being compensated well at all is a bad look.

My family is trying to talk me into getting my MBA, but I don't even really know it's potential and I don't want to just go get another degree just for the sake of having a Master's. I definitely do need to find some motivation and energy to choose a career in something I'm passionate about though. The more people I talk to however, the more unrealistic it seems. Now it's like people search for jobs they can "tolerate" and be comfortable with. I don't necessarily want that. We spend so much time working, why can't it be something we enjoy?

MBA's are pretty decent. 

Originally Posted by impalaballa187

 JD's:

Wayyyyyyyyy to many of them on the market. If it's a top-5 school then great, but below that it's increasingly turning into a very expensive sheet of paper. The payoff compared to other industries isn't that great either.

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That's false.
Let's go mid-market first (Sacramentos, Seattles, Denvers, etc.): If you're a top law student at the best law school in town--even if that law school is ranked below 50 in the nation--you will place well locally, and earn up to 145K-160K starting. See nalpdirectory.com. Your degree might not be portable outside of your locale, but you'll have a comparable base salary to an MBA grad from a top MBA school, just without the fancy bonuses. But are you really complaining if you're starting at 145K-160K without going to Harvard, Yale, or Stanford? I don't think so. Just look at top law firms' websites in middle market cities and see where their lawyers graduated from. It's not the schools you would think given what the firms pay.

Now let's go big market (NY's, LA's, DC's, SF's, etc.): Again, although good students at the top 14 schools--not top 5--can get into any of these cities, firms in these cities also recruit heavily from the top students at local schools, almost regardless of national rank. Median starting salary at Fordham for example is 160K. Top students at George Washington have spots at elite DC firms. Etc.

So if you're pursuing law, you don't lose all hope at seeing major dollar signs just because you don't get into a t-14. Firms care a lot about grades, and use a sliding scale when hiring associates, balancing school rank against transcript and previous work experience/degrees. So if you're the top student at say, Hastings, you will get a better job in the Bay Area than a student in the bottom 1/3 of his class at Stanford.

The above quote is just wrong. Don't listen to it. Yes, Harvard, Stanford, and Yale are your golden ticket in the field--I know because I go to one of them--but students at schools you've never heard, even in this market, are coming out making 160K+ starting.That doesn't sound like a worthless piece of paper to me. You just have to do well.

And the payoff in a JD is definitely much greater than advanced degrees in other fields. A law degree is significantly more flexible than most advanced degrees, which usually type-cast you into one industry. A JD can prosecute people in Detroit, negotiate a merger on Wall St, save the environment in DC, get a tabloid to retract statements about a celebrity in LA, run the NBA and quell its labor unrest, and put terrorists away overseas. I don't see many JD's complaining about their degree limiting what they want to do with their lives.

An MBA from a top 10 business school is basically the best money you can spend. Getting in is the difficult part.

Don't get a masters just to get a masters

You'll run into the same problem that people who studied a useless major for their bachelors did.

andysleon said:

Any Physical Therapy majors? barely 20 but thats what i wanna do

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lol good luck

Damn, I need to go back to school.

Only option for an MBA that isn't expensive is the iMBA from U of Illinois through Coursera.

af1 1982 said:

Don't get a masters just to get a masters

You'll run into the same problem that people who studied a useless major for their bachelors did.

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I got a master's just because...it was paid for tho.

All i say is dont doubt yourself and dont quit.