Not sure what my next step should be, second bachelors/masters/phd?

juillet
Sun, 23 Apr 2017 04:32:53 +0000

The thing is you, you don’t have to work in exactly the field you majored in, and in fact many many people do not. You could take a major in IT with your minor and end up working in research or something else that isn’t IT specifically. So no, you don’t have to extend your time to degree, and you don’t have to go into a graduate program. I agree with @collegemom3717 in that the worst thing you can do is run straight into a graduate program without being sure of what you want to do or having selected a field or a career.

I’m afraid if I head straight into the workforce I’ll never go back to school or won’t have time to go back.

My students used to tell me this all the time when I advised them to take a year or more off between college and grad school. I always responded that if they were content enough with their careers that they felt like they didn’t need to return to graduate school, that was a good thing. The goal of graduate school is to get you into a satisfying, fulfilling career that you like. If you can do that without getting a graduate degree, then you’ve done well and don’t need to spend the time and money!

Lots of people go back to graduate programs after working for a few years, and many people do master’s degrees part-time while they work. If you really want the degree, you will make the time a bit later.