MA in international relations, and I work in international development. It's pretty much required for this hyper-competitive field. Though if I had to do it over again, I'd get a more specialized degree such as an MPH or MEd with an international focus.

MA in Sociology. It was worth it because I went almost right after college and didn't have to worry about a family or a job. Also, I went to a public school and was a TA, so my costs were pretty minimal.

I dropped out of grad school when I was working on my MA in English years ago. This is a great thread for me to read because I am about to start school for a direct-entry MSN - seems like the posters here are happy with their MSN choice, at least.

MPA 15 years ago. I like to think it helped and was worth it but not making progress with job search after 5 years home, networking all over the place and can't even get an interview.

Seems pretty useless right now.

PhD in Child Development. Conduct research for a for a nonprofit. I am happy - decided against being a professor while still in grad school.

master's in public policy. Absolutely worth it. Learned some valuable skills (although not as many as I would have liked; my program was fairly pedestrian) and would not have been hired in any job I've had since grad school without it. All my colleagues have either master's degrees or Ph.D.s (mix of public policy, public admin, public health, and economics). Love my work.

I have a MSN (Master of Science in Nursing). It's been worth every penny.

Psy.D. - clinical psychologist.

Anonymous wrote:MFA... nope.

Same here, though if I ever went back to teaching K-12 art, I would get a salary bump from just having a BFA, so maybe. . .

Anonymous wrote:MS Econ combined with my BS in electrical engineering gives me a plenty of play in sustainable energy space...

Jesus.

MS in biology field, SAHM.

Since being a research scientist usually requires a PhD, it isn't enough to get me such a post in a lab. Lab managers or technicians have Master's, though, but not interested.

What I would really like to do is more reading and writing, in admin, science libraries, public policy...

MS Econ combined with my BS in electrical engineering gives me a plenty of play in sustainable energy space...

EdM (not a classroom teacher) - kinda. The degree itself hasn't been a hugely helpful credential, but just taking a different turn in my life did shake things up for the better.

MS in Electrical Engineering.

Yep, helped. Didn't have to pay anything for it (Fellowship). Work for a large corporation, not doing Engineering work. Avoid the MBA and stand out from the crowd a bit.

Anonymous wrote:Public Health - helped get a different job.

PP, can you elaborate? I'm in the first year of a public health masters.