Professional vs. Non-Professional Degrees

Ouroboros313
Sun, 14 Nov 2010 03:27:08 +0000

A professional degree is like law (JD), medicine (MD), or business (MBA). In most states the first two are needed if you want to practice law or medicine, while an MBA from a good school can help you get promotions in business. A non-professional degree is a research masters or a PhD. They’re more scholarly and intellectual.

You’ll make a lot more money with a professional degree (lawyer, doctor, businessman) than with a non-professional degree (professor, scientist, scholar), but the work they do is completely different.