> The starting salary is higher for someone with a bachelors degree in Computer Science then a Masters degree in Computer Science in the US (I'm trying to find

> The starting salary is higher for someone with a bachelors degree in Computer Science then a Masters degree in Computer Science in the US (I'm trying to find the book). In fact it holds true for several degrees. The reasoning is that most employers prefer for someone to have real world experience over studying to receive a Master's degree. I think this is incorrect (at least in Computer Science). Are you trying to tell me that given two people with no industry experience, the person who has taken graduate level courses which involve building significant pieces of projects, will get paid lesser than the person with just a B.S.? I have rough samples as to what people in my school got paid for B.S. vs. M.S. and I think the M.S. at least gave people a 10% pay rise.