Intern
Joined: 01 Oct 2012
Posts: 44
Location: United States
Concentration: Marketing, Healthcare
Should I get an M.S. Finance degree?
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01 Oct 2012, 15:18
I graduated in 2011 with a degree in Marketing. I had 2 related internships back in '07. I was supposed to graduate in 09, but I had to leave school for family reasons, shy of 3 classes. I ended up getting a job a little over 5 months after I left college working for a major bank where I'm still employed. I finished my degree and relocated to a different city. I want to go back to school. Ideally I'd like to stay in the financial services industry, not necessarily in the consumer or personal finance side. I really love marketing and enjoyed my marketing classes, but I'm not sure that it's a good fit for me as a career, as I am having difficulty making a switch into that field. I've looked into some of the career fields with finance and it is appealing, although not as much as marketing. I am strongly considering a local program where I will be able to work and attend school, which is great because my employer has tuition reimbursement. But I am really torn if I should study finance or marketing, as I am really interested in both. Also I do not want an MBA at the moment as I already have an undergrad business degree and just want to take the classes that are necessary.