12-22-2016, 11:55 AM
cookderosa Wrote:Without pulling data to back it up, I'll go out on a limb and guess that the BEST return on investment for a master's degree is in nursing- advanced practice or even just a general MSN, assuming the recipient wants to become a manager or mid-level provider. Closely followed by the k-12 teacher group adding a +30 pay bump, and then groups that need it for a license (social work, psychology).
This is why I pursued my degree in applied psychology. To do anything in psychology you generally need your masters as a means of becoming licensed, even to the point of working for a psychiatrist as psychometrics. With my degree I can pretty much cross over into the industrial organization/business, research, and clinician space; which is something I would never be able to do with just a B.S in psychology.