<p>From the list below, what is the most impressive/elite academic credential? </p>
<p>MA (Masters) Psychology
JD (Law)
MS (Masters) Aerospace Engineering
MBA </p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Harvard PhD</p>
<p>Your question doesn’t really make sense… If you want to go into the field of psychology the psychology degree would be the most valuable, and if you want to go into aerospace engineering the aerospace engineering degree would be the best out of the four, etc.</p>
<p>All of them. At the same time. </p>
<p>BroStudies: if you’re seriously asking the question, it’s one of the funniest I’ve seen on CC in a while.
I like whenhen’s answer.</p>
<p>Thanks…</p>
<p>Any actual opinions??</p>
<p>This question doesn’t even make sense.</p>
<p>If you have an MS in aerospace engineering, I’m not going to call you when I need a therapist. Similarly, I don’t call my psychologist for anything related to aerospace engineering. Nor am I going to call an aerospace engineer for legal advice. </p>
<p>If you’re trying to decide between these four paths, determining which one is “the most elite” isn’t the way to choose. You need to figure out where your actual interests are. There’s a rather large difference between some of these degrees.</p>
<p>I think the question was clear.</p>
<p>Note that I’m looking for your OPINIONS on what is the most elite/prestigious credential from my list above</p>
<p>Depends. JD from Yale > MBA from the University of Phoenix</p>
<p>That being said, there’s not really a good way to compare post bachelor’s degrees since they all have different prereqs.</p>
<p>All other things equal, the MS in Aerospace Engineering. A master’s degree in psychology qualifies you for exactly nothing, there are far too many law schools and unemployed attorneys, and far two many “business” schools on the side of the road an online.</p>
<p>The problem, as has been pointed out, is that things are rarely equal and that it depends entirely on what you want to do. Where you go to school and what you go to school for matters, but in different ways depending on the destination you want to get to. A PhD in Classics from Harvard is more elite than an MS in Computer Science from NC State, but I can almost guarantee you the latter will pay more than the former.</p>
<p>Thanks aigiqinf and Repede!</p>
<p>Anyone else have an opinion?</p>
<p>Depends on the school. If the JD is from Harvard or Yale, then that’s probably the most prestigious degree in the country.</p>
<p>My opinion is the JD. The MAs are continuation of undergrad studies. The MBA depending on one’s situation may or may not add much value. The JD will be the most unlike undergrad studies. Having said that, without context, your question is really meaningless.</p>
<p>I would say that it depends on the school, not the degree. I have a JD. Anyone can get one somewhere. A MS from Yale is certainly better than a JD from Cardozo, but a JD from Duke is certainly better than an MS from Fordham.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone !</p>
<p>Any other opinions?</p>
<p>What is your reason for asking? Are you basing your choice in major on which of these degrees is going to be perceived as the most prestigious? If so, that is a very poor way of selecting a major. One shouldn’t go into aerospace engineering for the prestige if their true passion is psychology.</p>
<p>I think he’s just curious. Nothing wrong with that.</p>
<p>Not to mention that aerospace engineering isn’t particularly prestigious.</p>
<p>@keepittoyourself </p>
<p>Interesting, I wonder why this is…</p>
<p>Bump</p>