Yup, that's exactly what I just said. You are doing a 6 year program instead of a regular 4 yeah bachelors degree. In other words, if somebody got their master's (2 years more) in engineering, they will be making similar to that amount of money (depending on masters emphasis, field, specialization, ect.). My point is that it totals up to 6 years in school. You are just doing all the schooling at once, which is a really good thing. You have done your research and got into the college major that you wanted straight out of high school. You are saving time and money, good stuff.

Talking about making money: low voltage consultants. Don't know how long or the path to get those jobs, but... wow, some of these consultants are charging over 250 an hour. So, if you are doing your own consulting, then you will have it made. Otherwise, you still should be getting over 100k a year with experience.

In the end though, it's not all about money

 

That is completely false. A masters in engineering will get you between 50 and 75k. That's a far cry from the standard 100k of pharmacy. Plus that 6th year you are doing rotations, not going to school. There is no better bang for the buck than pharmacy. No masters degrees will get you 6 figures either right out of school, except maybe if you go to an ivy league.

 

You are correct, and most people overlook that point when they just look at statistics showing how much each major makes. I was debating that point with myself before I chose pharmacy. I knew that something like a MS ChemE or an MBA from a top 10 school would probably give you similar if not more earning potential than a PharmD based on current market conditions.

In the end, I felt that it would be a great advantage to secure that lifestyle in one step and after doing so, if I wanted to change to something more interesting and lucractive, I could always go back to school for another graduate degree while working at a retail pharmacy (although most of the time it's a salaried position, for all intents and purposes it's a hourly-based job).

It pays the bills very well for someone in their early 20s, funds my hobbies, is flexible enough with hours to allow me to pursue another career path with no loss in opportunity costs.

Back to the OP, I'm curious about UC Berkeley's MSF program. It's be great if you could give a brief description of it and it always interests me to see what people want to pursue in their lives. What did you want to do after graduating from the MSF program?

 

Blah- use teh Z too pick up a kugr and have teh kugr paid four skool.

 

I believe 6 figures is definitely possible the a Master's in the right kind of engineering in the right field (ie. energy sector).

If you're not in the pharmaceutical industry, upwards mobility for income as a pharmacist is more limited, but not completely limited.

Not all pharmacy schools have a good ROI either. As an Officer Candidate in the Army NG, I pay nearly nothing for school. That is an incredible "bang for the buck" for my particular situation. Another pharmacy school, St. John's University in NYC, on the other hand may not be such a great ROI if each year costs a pharmacy major $40,000 ($40,000 * 6 = $240,000 in debt).

 

I did the same thing when I started grad school, sold the Z and got a 4 door car (gf, now wife, didn't have any transportation at the time).

 

Nuclear engineering FTW!

 

Yeah, you are right.

 

Knowledge is definitely power. I don't know many master graduates, but I know many people with just bachelors degree starting off at 70k. One of them a year later is making over 80k, don't know the exact figure. Ofcourse, they are all work in industrial engineering or oil/gas industries. Most of the companies they work for are very large, BP, exxon, ect. I think those people got great jobs, but they sometimes work 60 hours a week (salary). Generally speaking though, a typical Engineer will start around 45-60k a year.

Anyways, good luck with post-Grad school.

 

ditto

 

Education FTW. You're too young to own a Z anyway. lol, j/k