2 Masters Degrees
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14 Nov 2010, 18:58
I am currently an undergraduate junior just trying to plan out my future. Anyway, I have the ability to graduate from undergrad a semester early, and then believe I will have an option to get two masters degrees without much cost. My state has a program where you get undergrad paid for ahead of time by your parents, and you get the number of credits required for a bachelors degree. I have this, and I have a plan for my schedule for the next couple semesters such that I can graduate with 52 of those credits remaining. I've heard MBA programs do not like "degree collectors" but that a Masters in Engineering is usually okay. However, is two masters overdoing it? I don't see any point in not using the credits, so the question is what to do with them.
My undergraduate degree is Computer Science, I currently have no minors, but am not to far off. If I do the two masters degrees, I'm thinking Industrial Engineering (with a heavy OR focus), and Economics. IE for a good job, Econ because I really like Econ. The cost of this will be about 21K. (I have no undergraduate debt, and I'll use internship money to pay that off).
If I don't do that, and do just 1 masters degree (Industrial Engineering), I can do a dual BSE & BA in Economics and Computer Science, and minor in Math. The additional cost of this will be approximately 5K.
I do eventually want to get an MBA, and I realize that will render the masters degrees somewhat useless, but again, no sense in not using those credits.
What are your guy's thoughts? Which should I go with?