Computer Engineer... should i get a masters?

[angryswede]

I'm a junior/senior at VT on co-op right now, and I am having a tough time deciding weather i want to get a masters degree or not. If you keep above a 3.5 at VT, which i am just over now, you can do the master's in just one more year; however, this will make my senior undergrad year hell. I've asked some advice from the people I work with on my co-op and no one there has a masters and they say it hasnt really hendered them and the monatary gain is minimal. however they are almost all computer science majors and i am a computer engineer. So, any advice fomr someone who knows about this or sites that show some stats would be appreciated, because I have no idea what I am gonna do.

 

[angryswede]

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[Stealth1024]

According to RIT's salary data collected from graduates, the median starting dual degree CE salary is $66,250 vs. $52,000 for just BS CE.

I think working a bit harder now is worth it vs. spending a few years later juggling family, job, and school. If your future employer will pay for a graduate degree you can always take them up on the offer and work on an MBA.