Anyone have pay scale difference between Bachlor and Masters

Sanis4life

I am looking for a pay scale for a Bachelor in IT and a Masters in IT. I am debating or not if I would like to spend $20K-$30K to get a Masters full-time. The school I am looking at does not provide this, but I am hoping someone elses school does.

Thanks!

dynamik

Increased earning income from bachelors, masters and doctoral (PhD) degrees

desertmouse

Another thing to consider. Some schools offer Masters level credits (oodles of it) for professional level certifications (MCSE, CCNP). I know someone at my company is getting quite a few credits for them...

Megadeth4168

desertmouse wrote: »

Another thing to consider. Some schools offer Masters level credits (oodles of it) for professional level certifications (MCSE, CCNP). I know someone at my company is getting quite a few credits for them...

I'm not in a Masters program myself, actually I just started going back to school after 8 years in hope to finish my 2 year and move on to a 4 year degree.

The college I go to transferred in most of my certifications, knocking off more than a year on my 2 year degree and some off of my 4 year degree. If I was able to do the same for a Master program, I would do it!

shodown

It varies depending on jobs. At my current job the different can be quite high for certain postions like management and quite low for technical positons. If you are looking for more money and want to work a tech role I suggest higher level certs and a job that requires them. If you are looking at the management path get the masters. If you are really just looking to make your own money. Drop out of school now and start your own company. I've met several high level consultants who barley had a CCNA who get paid big dollars over 100 a hour and bonuses for doing the heavy lifting for companies. It also has some downside too, but its all a part of the game.

Sanis4life

shodown wrote: »

I've met several high level consultants who barley had a CCNA who get paid big dollars over 100 a hour and bonuses for doing the heavy lifting for companies. It also has some downside too, but its all a part of the game.

What do you mean by heavy lifting? I would be curious to know what your consultants do.

At any rate, I am already a Network Engineer, but I am considering taking a break and getting my Masters in Information Technology (Network Engineer). I just am having a hard time justifying the costs for the means. Its the whole ROI I am trying to figure out.

shodown

Sanis4life wrote: »

What do you mean by heavy lifting? I would be curious to know what your consultants do.

At any rate, I am already a Network Engineer, but I am considering taking a break and getting my Masters in Information Technology (Network Engineer). I just am having a hard time justifying the costs for the means. Its the whole ROI I am trying to figure out.

Heavy lifting. I use to work for a service provider that did call manager deployments to several large companies. ICM upgrades and large MPLS and BGP changes were usually done by outsiders who the company brought in on a contract basis just to work that part of the changes instead of using in house staff. Most companies do keep a senior engineer or two, but will still call in outsiders when its time to do large upgrades like moving from ATM to MPLS or moving from 1 vendors platform to another. Sometimes its because the skills arent in the company, but more often than not its cheaper to bring people in for "heavy lifting" and they leave after the contract is up than to keep them on perm.