Looking for perspective on how investment firms view an MBA vs MS degree. Im aiming to work as a Macro or Policy analyst at a firm and fear an MBA might not give me the policy exposure I’m looking for. Im eyeing a MS program that covers international relations and business and wondering if this kind of an interdisciplinary program would be attractive to firms. Or do I just bite the bullet and do a traditional MBA?

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I would find people who work in the types of roles you’d be interested in on LinkedIn and see what they did. MBA would be far superior for Investment Banking specifically, but it doesn’t sound like that’s what you’re interested in (maybe there’s a better bowl you should post this in)

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Thank you for the thought!

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