Some Master’s Degrees Are the Second Biggest Scam in Higher Education

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The article can be a bit confusing as they are talking about 3 separate issues.

Issues
1. Some master's degrees, such as MFA's are overpriced and have poor outcomes.

2. Certificates and other types of non-degree online offerings from colleges provide no value to a person's resume, are overpriced, and often use poor-quality OPMs to deliver the material.

3. The trend is that elite colleges use their brand names to partner with OPMs to offer low-quality and overpriced online master's degrees.

You can do the math to see if it's worth to get a college degree
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You are better off getting industry-recognized certifications than spending $3k-$25k doing various non-degree programs at these colleges. Often the education is sub-par with what you can find elsewhere. Employers aren't going to place much value on non-degree certs and other stuff from these colleges.

TESU, for example, offers certifications for free. You can use your free electives to take these courses, and students do these certifications because they are interested in the subject and to boost their skills. Though employers may not care much about these certifications on a resume, in this case, there is some value to students in taking these certifications. So in certain cases, it may be ok.

The article isn't calling the colleges themselves scams but instead says that some non-degree offerings are deceptive. They also highlight the trend of opening up the floodgates of the elite colleges offering online master's degrees.