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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why am I thinking that this is one of those waste of time masters that DC area SAHMs LOVE to get -- public health; public policy; non profit administration etc. And at the end while you come out with "connections," you're still only looking at a 50k job. Strictly from an ROI perspective, it isn't worth paying 50k/yr for 2 yrs for a masters that will result in a 50k job.[/quote]

I agree it's probably not worth it for a $50K per year job but the math is more like $15K per year ($500 per credit x 30 credits per year = $15,000).[/quote]

She is quoting the tuition costs... BUT.... the last time I took master's level classes the tuition there were a lot of added fees on top of tuition. (more than just books). I recall two years ago by tuition was around 2500 for the semester but with all the mandatory fees... (i.e. library fee, technology fee, etc.) the bill for each semester not including text books was closer to $5,200. Then add text books on top (average around $200 per book) I did a mixture of rent vs. buy. I bought all the acconting and finance type books because they are good for reference but rented the management theory type books at about $50 per semester.

Bottom line.... it costs more than tuition.[/quote]

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