Anecdotal comments only, but…
- D2 graduated with her BArch
- Got a job with a Washington DC boutique architecture firm before graduation
- Worked 3+ years before moving to SoCal to work as a set designer in Hollywood (lifetime goal)
- DC arch firm encouraged (both financially and time-wise) both BArch and MArch employees to get their registrations. As far as I heard from D2, the firm’s emphasis was on getting registered versus getting any graduate degrees.
- In other words, both BArch and MArch degree holders were treated identically in the real world.
- FWIW - YMMV