Most useless masters degrees

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Anonymous wrote:I would say an MA in History is fairly useless without a specific specialization (ie Public History/Museums/Preservation), but is also a required degree to attain the PhD in History.

This is the degree you would have to teach history in schools or at the community college level.

In my public school district, the majority of the teachers have a Masters. Some went straight through, some started teaching with a BA and then got the masters, but it's becoming an expected part of the teaching profession.

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Anonymous wrote:Apparently the one my son's girlfriend claims to have. Don't know in what but like her it means nothing on her 4 page resume. I guess if you have money to buy that degree you can be highly educated on paper yet be dumb as hell.

A Masters Degree in anything should get you better than part time working the front desk at a hotel. As much as she flaps those know it all gums she should be raking in the dough.

You sound deeply, deeply disturbed.

I think she's just jealous.

Lol

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Anonymous wrote:Computer science. A complete waste of time.

Really? Tell that to my kid who codes and got a starting salary of 135,000 right out of school. You don't know what you're talking about

Computer master is good if you are trying to break in from a useless major

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Anonymous wrote:Women's Studies
Gender Studies
American Studies
Sociology

these are absolutely not useless if you want to go on to the PhD in the humanities

So it's only useful as a requirement for getting a PhD, and not much else.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would say an MA in History is fairly useless without a specific specialization (ie Public History/Museums/Preservation), but is also a required degree to attain the PhD in History.

This is the degree you would have to teach history in schools or at the community college level.

In my public school district, the majority of the teachers have a Masters. Some went straight through, some started teaching with a BA and then got the masters, but it's becoming an expected part of the teaching profession.

It's because there are so many people with BA's in liberal arts, so a master's differentiates themselves.

There's a reason teachers are supposedly paid so little -- supply and demand. There are so many people willing to do it for the wages they offer. If that was not the case, the wages would go up or we'd find schools devoid of teachers.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would say an MA in History is fairly useless without a specific specialization (ie Public History/Museums/Preservation), but is also a required degree to attain the PhD in History.

This is the degree you would have to teach history in schools or at the community college level.

In my public school district, the majority of the teachers have a Masters. Some went straight through, some started teaching with a BA and then got the masters, but it's becoming an expected part of the teaching profession.

In my public school district, the majority of the teachers have a masters, but not in their subject area. They have the master's in education, curriculum, etc.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Computer science. A complete waste of time.

Really? Tell that to my kid who codes and got a starting salary of 135,000 right out of school. You don't know what you're talking about

Computer master is good if you are trying to break in from a useless major

Please stop with that myth already. Your son probably knows what's needed on the market right now, not because of his degree.

No fool will hire anyone out of any school with no experience for $135k, plzzz...

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Masters in Legal Studies

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Anonymous wrote:None are worthless if you know how to conduct a job search.

This- including good resume and cover letters.

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Anonymous wrote:MPH

I worked at the American Red Cross headquarters a few years back and they always hired people with MPH's who were working toward their doctorate.

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with a masters in fine arts you can be a full-fledged professor (no PhD in fine arts so that is a plus).

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Economics. A master in Econ is generally a booby prize you’re awarded when you flunk out of the PhD program.

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Communications. If you haven't landed a solid job and earned your bonafides in a newsroom no one cares if you have an MA.

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Anonymous wrote:MBA

This.

Yeah- after paying for my husbands 90k program I agree. He’s a high earner and it didn’t up his earnings enough to justify the two years of hell.

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Masters from for-profit colleges, as a rule, work against the job applicants. I've seen many a resume with decent experience, but when I got to the Education section and saw Phoenix or Strayer... hard pass.
There are legitimate, affordable, not very selective Masters and MBA programs in second-tier public schools with online options suitable for working students that are not genius caliber. I just don't understand why people go into debt for the for-profit degree.
Many H1B and H4s buy Masters diplomas to claim "high qualifications" to pass the labor certification for a working visa or employment-based green card. It's ridiculous that USCIS still considers them legit. But you could not say they are useless - they definitely serve a purpose.