Your days as an undergrad are coming to an end. There’s a whole lot to think about for your future. One important factor is going to grad school. Is it a big waste of time and money? Can you handle the workload that comes with getting your Master’s? It’s a big decision and we’re here to ease your mind! Here’s 10 reasons why grad school pays off.
1. Education is Freedom
Becoming more educated is certainly not a terrible idea. Of course you can learn from real-life experiences, but grad school can give you educational freedom. You’ll be an expert in your career field. You learn different things in a classroom and different things from experiences. The reality is a higher education could help you move up in the company you’re working for, switch fields if you wanted to, acquire knowledge that few may have, test out theories, and answer questions you’ve had during your undergrad. Knowledge is power. It liberates you. Once you learn it, you’ll never lose it. No one can take your education from you.
2. Your Undergrad is Just a Stepping Stone
If you think about it, your first two years as an undergrad are spent learning gen ed material: science, math, history, and English. The last two years are more like an introduction to your career field. Grad school will provide you more information, tools, and opportunities to succeed in your career field.
3. Employers May Help with Funds
If you are lucky to have gotten a job in your career field right out of college and you’re an incredible asset to your company, then your company may supply you with the funds to go to grad school because a lot of companies want you to have a greater education. Hello grad school!
4. Teaching Opportunities
Granted you may not want to go into teaching right away. However, down the road in your later years you may want to retire from your field and do some teaching. In order to teach at a college level you must have your Master’s.
5. Confidence
Once you’ve achieved your Master’s Degree, you’ll have all the confidence in the world in your work place. You’ll be an important asset to your company and it will be less likey to be laid off.
6. Competitiveness
There was a time, many years ago, where jobs were chasing you. For our generation, that’s not the case. You have to work hard to get the position you want. You have to fight. You’re not the only one going for that position. Having your Master’s will most definitely give you the edge your competitor may not have.
7. Personal Growth
There are individuals out there who just love to learn, love to be in a classroom, and love to challenge themselves. That may in fact be YOU. Grad school is the perfect place to challenge yourself and furthur develop your mind in a structured matter. What’s better than great personal satisfaction?
8. Stability
Your chances of acquiring your dream job and keeping it are higher with a higher degree. According to Under30CEO, “the unemployment rate for people with higher degrees is consistently lower than for those with a four-year degree only.
9. Do it Now or You May Never Do it at All
It’s way easier to complete your Master’s degree right out of college than to wait a few years to go. You’re used to the classroom setting, writing papers, doing projects, etc. If you wait a few years you might just keep putting it off because getting back into that routine could be a mission.
10. Do it For Yourself
If you’re going to go to grad school, go because you want to go. Go beacuse you want to challenge yourself and satisfy your intellectual needs. If it will make you happy, then do it.
We hope we made the decision easier on you. At the end of the day, you’ll do what your heart desires to do. We wish you the best of luck in your future!
P.S. Here’s a blog post that may inspire you go to grad school.
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