What is the best grad degree to get and why?

Question

What is the best graduate degree to get and why? Please be specific.

Answer 1

Depends on what you're looking for: job security, money or happiness. For job security, a master of engineering, accounting, tax, or risk management might be your best bet. If you just want money, go for law, engineering, finance or medicine (as long as you have your own private practice). You can always go into sales (mortgages or insurance) if you're good at sales. Actuaries are some of the happiest employees and have a low turnover rate. They're in great demand, and a starting salary is around $80,000 (USD) per year working 40 hours a week. Someone with an undergraduate accounting degree after passing a couple of actuary exams can probably ask for about $100,000 getting out of school. All you'd be doing is determining defined benefit pension plans, but the pay is good and stress is low.

Answer 2

M.D, Doctor of Medicine--

Unlike the other graduate programs, this field is very practical and guarantees you work after graduation. The hardest part of the program is getting in. Good grades, a high MCAT score, letters of recommendation and an interview are required. However, many candidates have achieved that, so medical school admission committees will consider research experience high on the scale.

Worst degree--JD--

Decent grades and a decent LSAT score will get you into a law school. The difficult part is finding a job related to the field after graduation.

Answer 3

Depends on what you want to do. Probably going to medical, law, or business school would be the best. You can make a ton of money in all of those fields but you have to figure out what which you would be happy with (hours,pay, etc.).