Associates degree and unrelated Bachelor's? (and Grad school enrollment)

[Ideas]

Definitely, a BA in Psych won't get you much, whereas a MA in Psych will. If you're going to spend your money on a masters and you have an interest in Psychology, this is the way to go.

Yeah, it does seem like too much of a waste to spend on the BA Psych. I don't want to if I can avoid it.

The only reasons are: 1) if it boosts my income. I could have the BA Psych in June 2018 where as the Masters would be more like Sept 2019. 2) if I can't get into the MA program. My GRE score would be a positive, but I feel my letters of recommendation and experience won't be as good as other students'. I would have no GPA for my BSBA.

So again I wonder if there's something cheaper I could get, like an Associates, just to maybe boost my income during that year to year and a half. And/or to help get into the MA program. However, for MA acceptance, I'm guessing I could just do something like volunteer or take a couple courses, which would help more than an Associates. So it's mostly about the possible income boost. Like I mentioned, I don't think I can predict if it would boost my income or not