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The piece of paper isn't to validate your self worth, its to validate to your prospective employers that you are worth more money. My quick Google search pegs
by gtCameron 13y ago
The piece of paper isn't to validate your self worth, its to validate to your prospective employers that you are worth more money.
My quick Google search pegs the increase in starting salary going from BS to MS at $18,200 a year [1]. Being able to make that leap for $7k seems like a pretty good deal to me.
[1] http://www.naceweb.org/Press/Releases/Payoff_for_Master_s_Degree_Evident_in_Starting_Salaries.aspx http://www.naceweb.org/Press/Releases/Payoff_for_Master_s_De...
- michaelochurch 13y agoI don't disagree with you. I have no idea how the market will react. However... PhD admissions are highly selective, and terminal MS programs are highly expensive. The Master's degree means you were either a top student (able to pass PhD admissions) or independently wealthy and probably packing serious connections. When it no longer means that, is it still going to provide the salary bump? Quite possibly, yes. I wouldn't call it guaranteed, though.
- gtCameron 13y agoOne of the most interesting things about how they are handling this is that they claim they are not lowering admission standards, they are just allowing people who meet those standards but can't participate in the regular program due to having a full time job, inability to move to Atlanta for 3 years, or whatever the reason is. It will be interesting to see how the market reacts to this degree. Will it be regarded as a masters degree from a top 10 program, or will it be seen as a cheap online degree that doesn't hold the same esteem?
- tych0 13y agoAh, yeah, I guess I wasn't thinking about the money aspect at all, just that you're sort of robbing yourself of the complete MS experience if you don't do an in-person one.