Need help deciding on graduate degree:

[jread]

I'm in my last year of an undergrad degree in Public Administration and plan to continue into graduate school at my current university. I love it there and I really don't care for the other schools around me.

As for my main interest, they offer a Master of Science - Computer Information Systems (click here for the curriculum). This degree is setup for almost exactly the type of career I want to go into so I'm definitely decided on it. However, I found out something else about the school that interested me very much:

They offer a joint master's degree program in both an MBA and the MS in CIS. It takes longer to finish (of course) but you can get both degrees at the same time. I would be willing to do this but the question is whether or not having two Master's degrees will actually pay off. Will I really see that much of a gain with an MBA tacked on to the CIS degree? Especially since MBA's are a dime a dozen these days.

I appreciate any input 🙂

 

[cchen]

An MBA from a no-name school won't really help with anything.

 

[jread]

Originally posted by: cchen
An MBA from a no-name school won't really help with anything.

Well, it's not really a no-name school around here. St. Edward's is a very respected private school in the Central Texas area. I see what you mean, though.

 

[jread]

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