MBA vs. Job out of school (my situation)

[SouthBound47]

Originally Posted by sean98125

$30,000 isn't that bad for someone with no experience.

It's not the salary at this position that scares me as much as the hours. 8:30-7:30 M-F. That's not even $10 an hour, I could make more at some gas stations or Burger Kings...

[BuffaloTransplant]

Originally Posted by SouthBound47

Hi everyone, I like many people am asking the same question as many do after the getting that BS in business admin. What next?

Here's my deal. I live in a very depressed rust belt city. I have great grades, great extra-curriculars, and good work experience. I have applied, and thus far have three offers in the Buffalo area, none of which pay over $30,000 a year, which is pathetic.

I have also been accepted to Oklahoma Christian University to get my MBA, it costs $15,300 for the entire program, which lasts 1 year. I would love to spend a year in OkC.

So this is my question, would you go for the MBA, or keep looking. From what I hear entry level jobs almost always want entry level candidates, even though I am willing to self-relocate. I have a good job, and just finished paying my last student loans off (1 month before graduation), and I've got around $7000, please about $2000 in my 401k… So I can survive without work for a bit…

What do you all think?

I think you are foolish to assume the dollar value of the degree is much higher than the area wage. I also think running off to get the masters may make you overqualified [that is worse]

I live in the area. I got out of college with my bachelors , went to work here and never moved the 500 miles back home; I married a local . I took 2 years off from school to get used to teaching and earned 2 masters while teaching, then had my kids and continued working while their grandmother watched them.[I started when Buffalo teachers made $8,000; my husband started at $6,500].

You are looking at a $30K job here and it is a decent pay for the area... take it for a year and then go off to your masters. Getting the masters [any field] before you get experience in the job may make you overqualified to get those feet in the proverbial door! Also, working a year or two may make you realize that you love the job or that you hate the field [neither of my daughters is working in her college field; both found jobs in a different field -- more interesting, better for each of them]

Life is cheap here and it sounds like you have no debt and are single -- IMHO, work in the field and then go get your masters when you are sure that you want what the masters will provide.

[SouthBound47]

Thanks for the advice. Issue number 2, now that you mentioned it, is that I want out of Buffalo. Frankly, its a pretty lousy depressed town. In all honesty, if I'm going to be poor, I'd at least want to be poor somewhere with nicer weather