Best master's degree to get if my ultimate goal is Ed.D

[bjcheung77]

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1, 2, 3. I was advising WGU for both MSML & MBA because of overlap and it would be a "one & done" grad school for you. What I mean by this is, it'll hit your grad school requirement and also complete what you're looking for. MBA is geared towards business or corporations of all sizes, the MSML is a Management & Leadership degree geared for Private/Government or NGO, etc - not really for the Blue Chips & Fortune 500's etc.

You should be able to transfer up to 12 credits into other Masters programs from WGU, but WGU does not allow transfers into their Masters. If you wanted to "break" them up into two universities, I would have said Brandman MSOL & Deakin MBA, do the Brandman MSOL first as you should be able to complete that in 6 months. Using the extra cash, you can take your 2 years for the Deakin MBA that has both AACSB & EQUIS, this adds to your current undergrad AACSB from Auburn.

4. Competency based degrees have that name because it's geared towards what you already learn, if you reach 70% or whatever their guideline is, of competency, you pass that course and go to the next one. You have an AACSB undergrad and 10 years experience, you're not a freshman nor a recent high school grad - if you were, a different answer would be more useful for that individual, I would have recommended to get more certifications/experience, etc.

5. MBA and Executive MBA's are geared towards those who want to become leaders in the corporate workplace (yes, the big agencies that rake in multi-billions you see out there), whereas the MSML again is for those NGO/Private/Public agencies, etc. It won't really matter which you're going for really, your goal is the Ed.D anyways, get the ball rolling as entry requirements is just that - a masters.