Seriously, the attitude towards education is so atrocious today. First i noticed most courses are grievance studies, or completely unrelated to what you're studying. A bachelors in Mathematic may have at best 5 courses actually related to mathematics. the rest is just complete fluff to suck as much cash out of you as possible. So given a full bachelors, 125 credits, or around 60 courses, 30 of the are common core, 15 are pre requisites, and 15 are core courses. That is awful in terms of education. Beyond that I've heard a lot that getting a Masters shows you're commited and can handle large workloads. Does it though? I mean most architects, and higher level people ive known in larger corporations dont have a degree. They never went to go get it, because many people relied on them and they didnt have the time to waste to get a Masters. But beyond showing you have tons of time, and money, and can say the right words at the right time, how exactly does a masters show you are committed to anything? I look to Europe, where education is "free", and i would rather keep the American system where i can still get a job without one. Sure our system is not perfect, but the EU system is horrendous. You have people with Masters working at phone shops, and just abject poverty being masked up by social welfare services. edit: I belive a traditional bachelors has closer to 30-45 courses and not 60, wrong math equation used.