Anyone with a masters degree or doctorate here?

[Mike_Yates]

After earning a bachelors degree, how long does it take to earn a masters/doctorate?

Aren't associates/bachelors/masters/doctorates each two years?

Graduate school is extremely expensive, competitive, and academically grueling.

Nevertheless, employers are demanding graduate degrees + internships/work experience for many of their entry-level positions.

A BA just doesn't cut it anymore.

 

[thør]

After earning a bachelors degree, how long does it take to earn a masters/doctorate?

Nine months for me to earn an MS.

 

[GracefullyYours]

After earning a bachelors degree, how long does it take to earn a masters/doctorate?

Aren't associates/bachelors/masters/doctorates each two years?

Graduate school is extremely expensive, competitive, and academically grueling.

Nevertheless, employers are demanding graduate degrees + internships/work experience for many of their entry-level positions.

A BA just doesn't cut it anymore.

It took me year and a half working full-time and going to school full-time to get my master's.

 

[INeedLove]

An associate degree is two years. A bachelors degree is *usually* four years (five or more for part time students). A masters is generally two years beyond the bachelors. A doctoral degree is usually four years beyond the bachelors (exceptions are med school and several other health occupation doctorates).

Yes, grad school is competitive and sometimes grueling. I'd argue that it is the best part of an educational experience because you are focusing on the content you will actually use in the work place. So it's the fun stuff.

It's an employers market. Yes. Internship, research apprenticeships, etc can help. Networking is critical. Be willing to step out of your comfort zone to gain valuable experiences--it will pay off.

Good luck!

 

[Prince Albert]

It took me 5 years. Changed master's, moved out of stae, came back, took doctoric course to complete last course.

 

[garbage can]

A BA just doesn't cut it anymore.

That's 'cause a BA today, is like an 8th grade education in yesteryear.....

 

[Wife of Bath]

My masters took two years after four years undergraduate.

 

[trysail]

Anyone with a masters degree or doctorate here?

Yes..

 

[Wings27]

Indeed.

 

[Super-Surprise]

Anyone with a masters degree or doctorate here?

This lady has both!

http://www.tumblr.com/photo/1280/nsfwbeach/3926588336/1/tumblr_li5jj0P0sB1qfasz0

 

[Very_Bad_Man]

I started masturbating in 6th grade.

 

[LibraStud]

That's 'cause a BA today, is like an 8th grade education in yesteryear.....

Depending upon the field of concentration, masters degrees today seem to be "easier" to get. When I was working on mine years ago, it was much more difficult. As I talk to my peers, many feel the same way.

 

[fluffPE]

I started masturbating in 6th grade.

This sounds like a world record!

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

How long depends on your major. Some Masters degrees are 30 credit hours, some are 60 hours, some are much longer. My degree required a double major in psychology/rehab....about 120 hours.

 

[colddiesel]

American and Australian universities tend to follow the Scottish system of four years for Bachelors courses in contrast to the English who complete a Bachelors in 3 years.

However, Scots leave school at 17 wheras the English remain at high school until 18. Masters in UK or Ausralia are 1 to two years, the shorter courses being notoriously tough especialy in science, maths, engineering.

Doctorates usually take 4 to 5 years in UK and OZ but seem to be getting longer.

Brian May , lead guitarist of Queen, got a good degree (Maths and Physics) at Imperial College London in the 60's and went back to complete his Phd in Astro-physics almost 40 years later.

My youngest brother completed his Maths degree at UK's oldest university a fraction after he turned 20 and was awarded his Phd a month after he was 24.

 

[phoenix1105]

I got my BS and then a Masters in Psych and Social Work. It took ~ a year and a half a piece bc I got the undergrad degree at the same university. IMO the course work was pretty damn easy....

 

[ChinaBandit]

I started masturbating in 6th grade.

Why is that a retard can masturbate in public and no one gives it a second thought?

If you or I start to tug our junk in the library, or someplace, someone is going to call a cop.

 

[Mike_Yates]

A BA just doesn't cut it anymore. You HAVE to earn a masters or doctorate in order to get a job in your desired field.

 

[trysail]

The education industry ( a/k/a the "education racket" ) has succeeded in wrecking the value of most academic degrees.


The diploma mills and cattle colleges have destroyed the value of a college degree. My peers realized it was occurring forty years ago. Most of us were from families that had been going to college for many, many generations.


The value of law degrees and business degrees has also been wrecked. Fifty years ago, there were a handful of business schools ( Harvard, Wharton, Tuck, Darden, Stanford ) and graduates received an education that truly gave them them a cost-effective competitive advantage. Today, there are god-only-knows-how-many fifth-rate business schools that have popped up all over the map (the creation of the same diploma mills and cattle colleges run by educational marketeers/racketeers) that provide zero competitive advantage.


The complete lack of judgment and ethics demonstrated by Wall Street over the last two decades is a direct result of the flood of third-rate people emanating from third-rate business schools.

 

[Mike_Yates]

The education industry ( a/k/a the "education racket" ) has succeeded in wrecking the value of most academic degrees.


The diploma mills and cattle colleges have destroyed the value of a college degree. My peers realized it was occurring forty years ago. Most of us were from families that had been going to college for many, many generations.


The value of law degrees and business degrees has also been wrecked. Fifty years ago, there were a handful of business schools ( Harvard, Wharton, Tuck, Darden, Stanford ) and graduates received an education that truly gave them them a cost-effective competitive advantage. Today, there are god-only-knows-how-many fifth-rate business schools that have popped up all over the map (the creation of the same diploma mills and cattle colleges run by educational marketeers/racketeers) that provide zero competitive advantage.


The complete lack of judgment and ethics demonstrated by Wall Street over the last two decades is a direct result of the flood of third-rate people emanating from third-rate business schools.

Yes, the value of academic degrees has fallen dramatically. A BA is crap because literally every other person has one. The only way to benefit from a college education is to earn a graduate degree and combine it with internships/work experience.

And even then, there is still only a miniscule chance that you will land a job.

 

[JohnnySavage]

The value of any degree: The unemployment rate for college grads never went above 6%.

Justified or not, a college degree means something.

 

[Mike_Yates]

The value of any degree: The unemployment rate for college grads never went above 6%.

Justified or not, a college degree means something.

What about people with mild intellectual deficiencies (such as myself) who cannot comprehend college-level academics.

 

[JohnnySavage]

What about people with mild intellectual deficiencies (such as myself) who cannot comprehend college-level academics.

Nobody cares. A college degree is a ticket, nothing more/nothing less. There are a lot of really stupid people with college degrees, and jobs.

 

[chillywilly2]

Its not always in the education.
It has a lot more to do with how hard you are driven.

I know quite a few high school dropouts that make $100k a year, and some that are on social assistance.

You are what you make of yourself.


You Mr Mike seem to have a Masters in getting people to answer the same question time after time

 

[Johnny_Ray_Wilson]

Its not always in the education.
It has a lot more to do with how hard you are driven.

I know quite a few high school dropouts that make $100k a year, and some that are on social assistance.

You are what you make of yourself.


You Mr Mike seem to have a Masters in getting people to answer the same question time after time

Most times a college or university degree just means you worked harder than most to be a more skilled bullshitter.