I can only speak from myself (Economics, in Portugal). In employability terms, my master's degree was not a good investment, and these degrees are cheap here c

I can only speak from myself (Economics, in Portugal). In employability terms, my master's degree was not a good investment, and these degrees are cheap here compared to the US (I payed 5k for two years). I do however feel I developed plenty of resillience due to the amount of studying I had to do, a real understanding of what academic life is like by doing my thesis (we are not very exposed to papers in the undergrad), and most importantly, a strong and useful framework and intuition for thinking about the world - but I think that might just be a combination of my degree and innate inclinations.