It's interesting watching this from a somewhat detached perspective. I only have a B.S., but I did it back in the late 90's. In my industry, it seems like the a

It's interesting watching this from a somewhat detached perspective. I only have a B.S., but I did it back in the late 90's. In my industry, it seems like the average level of education is an M.S. based on my coworkers. However, I garnered enough industry experience to remain essentially immune to that metric. So I feel no pressure to go back to school, yet I see that most of our incoming hires have an M.S. Regarding a Ph.D., unless you're in an industry that needs it, it's still vast overkill. I have a couple friends who opted to be ABD to increase their career prospects. But those decisions were made 5 years ago, so it may be less relevant. Sadly, all I have are anecdotes instead of solid numbers. It seems right, though.