As others have said, grad school is a very different animal from undergrad. People choose undergraduate schools for all kinds of reasons, but a graduate degree

As others have said, grad school is a very different animal from undergrad. People choose undergraduate schools for all kinds of reasons, but a graduate degree should be 100% focused on what’s best for your career. I think you’re looking at things from the wrong direction, and flipping it around will help a great deal. It seems like you’re going from the idea that you want to further your education, to thinking about potential degrees, and only then what you might do with them. This is how you wind up in a masters program that turns out to go nowhere or be a bad fit. Instead, turn it around! Set a goal for yourself and plan backwards from there. What degree do you need? Do you need one at all? What kind of advisors and faculty should you be looking for? All questions that you can only answer sensibly with a goal in mind.