MS in Economics/Finance or MBA? Trying to get company to pay for one and jump ship after fulfilling the two year commitment after graduation. Thoughts?

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Got into a MBA at Carnegie Mellon and an MS in Econ at Johns Hopkins. Both are hybrid online/onsite. Having trouble choosing 🤔

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No point doing anything other than a targeted MBA if goal is to make money via getting a better paid job. Econ if you actually wanna become an economist or do related work, but not for a pay bump

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OP - Does PWC pay for the full MBA or just a percentage?

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PwC has sponsorship but you have to stay 2/3 years with firm and two Partners have you sponsor you.

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PWC1 - So they pay for the full thing if you stay 2 years after? Not bad. What levels is it available to and is it easy to get? It’s as easy as 2 Partners saying yes?

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EY2 while I don’t necessarily disagree, my warnings for grad school Econ and MS Econ are different. The latter is borderline fraudulent at some schools, the former incredibly intense and specialized.

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I think it depends on your background / current skill set and why you’re doing it. JHU MS Econ (the non SAIS one) will teach you “applied Econ” which is basically accelerated undergrad-level economics/stats. If you aren’t paying for it, you’ll have a job afterwords, and it’ll get you a promotion, I don’t see a problem. That being said, an MBA from CMU will look a lot better (it’s full time program is top 20) to future employers

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Aww, you are not full time at CMU? :( We could have been buddies.
Good luck with whatever you decide!

What is your future interest..?

MBA and do a 3rd year Masters in international relations with whichever school CM is affiliated with. Just a masters in econ won't do much.

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Def CMU

Do not get a masters in economics if you’re US based. It’s a very bad deal; programs are designed to charge MBA-level prices to supplement the cash-starved doctoral programs, but with little effort to ensure there is a job on the back end.

MBA. MS aint worth dinky do

Economics on graduate level is very theoretical. It’s pretty much math. Unless you want to work in that field, don’t do it. It’s not easy to find a job with master in Finance

IBM - Yeah PwC pays 100%. Just need one year (although I’m a 2nd year). In my group you need a masters to get promoted to manager

I don't know all the levls it's available for but I do know of Associates and Senior Associates using it.

How is an MS in Econ or Finance useless? I have managers who have MS in Finance and seem to be doing well. Seems more interesting than an MBA

Look if you’re looking for something challenging /intellectually stimulating, both of those programs beat an MBA. I’m just saying that the masters program in Econ hits the sweet spot of very expensive and not well regarded. It’s just not rigorous enough to get you a job as an economist, and other employers take their queue from this and discount it significantly.

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