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What counts as an elite masters degree? Perhaps the descriptor should be those that offer immediate compensation benefits.
by underseacables 5y ago
What counts as an elite masters degree? Perhaps the descriptor should be those that offer immediate compensation benefits.
- aidenn0 5y agoTFA seems to use "a degree from an elite university"
- raxxorrax 5y agoElite university. I think education at that level is mostly to form connections and relations within the field. If you are just after education, there would be a lot of alternatives, especially today when the logistics of knowledge are comparably cheap. There aren't really elite institutions in my country, but my masters was nearly free.
- redis_mlc 5y ago> Recent film program graduates of Columbia University who took out federal student loans had a median debt of $181,000. > Yet two years after earning their master’s degrees, half of the borrowers were making less than $30,000 a year. "elite masters degree" - lol. (I think the article is confusing undergrad and grad school fees, since it's hard to believe the typical 2-year film master's degree could cost that much.) Berklee College of Music (Boston) undergrad costs about the same, with similar earnings. And you have to carry around an instrument to all your gigs. https://www.berklee.edu/ https://www.berklee.edu/ The worst I've heard is music production grads. Most of the recording studios closed after streaming started (label revenue is down 90%), and some unpaid interns work 5 years for free, before getting a job at 7-11, etc. Actually some of the programs mentioned in the article, like family therapy, are lucrative if your credentials allow you to open your own office in California since there's a shortage. But that requires ambition. (Banks will loan money to newly-graduated health professionals.)