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[quote=Anonymous]I don’t know what your son is interested in or plans to do, but some fields it just makes no sense to get a graduate degree. I got my undergrad in journalism and worked in journalism for almost 20 years. Every time I meet someone who has a journalism master’s I wonder why they wasted their money (usually they just didn’t want to start working yet after college). The only good reasons to get another degree are either you got an undergrad degree in something else and have no relevant experience and really really want to go into journalism, or you want to teach at a college level. Even then it’s stupid to me, because you really need a PhD to do that successfully, and tenured professorships are incredibly difficult to come by.

Anyway, I left journalism at $90k and changed sectors and started making low six figures. By contrast, when I started out in journalism, I made $30k. In a low-COL it’s a different story. All that to say, I do OK without an advanced degree. My DH got his master’s in a STEM field, where he works and also has a BS, when he was 35. And yes, his salary has almost doubled, but not necessarily because of the master’s — he’s extremely ambitious. I think he’d be close to his current salary even without the second degree.

Your son will be fine.[/quote]

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