Question on Masters degrees

[Kdurham]

Nailed it! ^^^



I have an undergrad (Psychology) from TCU and my degree has been a personal benefit but hasn’t had a direct impact on my career in any way. However, I met the President of my company in my first week at TCU. He and I were talking business long before he hired me. SMU was the same way. The education was great but you spend $100k for the relationships (professors and fellow students).



Good luck!



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This^^^

I went to a highly ranked undergrad and got my business/economics degree. Because of our alumni network, I was able to get a job as an investment banker without an MBA. I didn't left that industry, but have done very well in sales where an MBA is not necessarily needed.


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[hooligan]

I am finishing my Masters in Administrative Leadership at The University of Oklahoma - it is a distance learning program. They have several other degree programs as well. It is super affordable. Been in healthcare 20+ years, and the last 12 in a leadership position. It was imperative that I have an advanced degree if I wanted to continue to climb the ladder and increase my compensation.

As someone who hires, I prefer advanced degrees in todays market. Does the advanced degree make you better from a technical skill perspective than someone who doesnt have one.... not necessarily. What it does show me, is that you have a drive to continue to challenge yourself and to learn. Leaders are lifetime learners, and often (as is my case) that is a learned skill. From a PR/Mktg and Mass Comm perspective, you will learn a lot in grad school from a professional/scholarly writing perspective that will help you tremendously in the future, IMO.

https://pacs.ou.edu/degrees/

Thanks I’ll check it out. Right now I’m in charge of training, managing my territory and a team under me but seem to be over qualified for some companies and a couple others said they want secondary degrees for senior management so I’m kind of stuck

[huntingfanatic]

Question on Masters degrees

Masters degree in exercise physiology here from TCU. Was a coach for 34 years. It increased my pay but where it would have made a difference was if I had wanted to go into admin. Also thought about using it in case I wanted to get out of coaching and teach at a different level. Other than the pay increase it didn't really make a difference but I'm glad I got it. I did enjoy the educational and personal satisfaction aspect of it.