Earn A Masters In Social Work Degree | 5 Things to Consider in MSW Degree

 

Hey everybody, it's monica and welcome to my channel where i help social workers. Therapists and healthy professionals deepen their level of self-awareness, while increasing their competence and confidence in the profession. So for today's article we're going to be talking about five things that you should consider if you're thinking about earning your msw degree. So if you're interested in this topic, then please keep watching i'm anika, thomas, the founder and clinical social worker at kendrick connections therapy center. I'Ve been a social worker for over 12 years, i decided to do an entire youtube channel on my journey from cubicle working social worker to successful entrepreneur.

So when you're thinking about earning your msw degree, there are so many things to consider. So i'm excited that today's episode is sponsored by socialworkdegrees.org powered by wiley. Socialworkdegrees.

rg is a comprehensive resource that allows you to explore colleges and universities that offer degrees in the field. So, whether you're, just starting your social work, career or you're, looking to advance your career, socialworkdegrees.org offers a wealth of industry and academic knowledge to help you achieve your professional goals and the reason why i like this platform is because they have a plethora of degrees depending On where you are in your social work career, so if you're looking to acquire your associate's degree, your bachelor's, your master's or your doctorate, you're sure to find a program, that's a good fit for you not only that, but they also provide state listings. So you can find schools for msw or a bsw within your state. They also have information on social work.

Licensure, and i know a lot of you have questions on that. So take the next step in your social work, career and visit their site today to learn more so, let's get into the five things that you should consider now these things are not in any particular order. There are just some things that i want you to keep in mind as you're thinking about transitioning into a master's degree program. The first thing that i want you to think about is the program length. Meaning do you want to do a full-time or a part-time program?

So, as you know, the msw degree is a master's level social work degree. So it's going to provide you with some advanced level coursework, and it's also going to give you the opportunity for specialization within the field you're also going to gain relevant practical experience. So be thinking about what type of work you want to do, because that's going to determine where you will do your practicum in your master's degree program. So if you complete a full time program that can take you about three years to complete so for you, you want to be thinking about what skill set. Do you want to develop?

Do you want to work more with an administrative track? Do you want to do more macro level, social work or micro level, social work or on a community level or working in schools, so really give it a lot of thought now, although you can change your specialization, it's always good to have a really clear plan around What you want to do before you get started, so some programs offer an accelerated program or an advanced standing program could be another name for it, and that's actually the program that i completed.

So i was able to get my bachelor's degree in social work which took me four years to complete and then, after that i did an advanced standing program where it took me one year to get my master's degree and the reason why it only took me one Year is because i had already completed the master's level coursework in my last year of my undergrad degree, so those courses were transferable, so i only had to do one more year at the graduate level. So because this is an accelerated program, you can end up taking more classes in one semester than you would in a traditional school year. So if you work full-time going to school, full-time might not be an option for you.

When i did my advanced ending program, i didn't work, i was able to focus strictly on school and then, after i graduated is when i focused on getting a job. So if you're working full-time, you might want to consider a part-time program so with the part-time program that can take you anywhere from four to five years now, with the range of programs that are being offered. Currently, you can also take weekend classes evening classes so really find out what meets your schedule when you're thinking about the program length.

So the second thing that you want to consider is specialization, so you want to think about what social problem, what issue within society? Within your community or within your cultural group, do you want to focus on working in so you want to think about what are those things that cause you frustration or anger, or you just don't understand why things happen to certain communities in the way that they do And you want to play an active role in advocating for change in those areas.

Now again, that's a very micro level focus. So you want to think about the level of specialization that you want to enter in within the field. So, within your specialization, you'll have the opportunity to work within a school, a hospital, a community mental health agency, a non-profit organization, an after-school program at the government level. So the possibilities are endless. It'S all a matter of where your skill sets lie and the impact that you want to have within the community and within a particular group.

The benefit and the beauty of having an msw degree is that you have a range of things that you can do. So if you were to do more of an administrative track, you would have more of a leadership capacity, so that means you would be a program coordinator program director, a community engagement manager or a program manager. The third thing you want to consider is: do you want to complete an online program, an in-person program or a hybrid, which would be a mix of the two so really think about the location and the area where you're located and whether an in-person program or online Program will be best for you. Also. What you'll need to take into consideration is the program that is in your area.

Do they offer the type of specialization that you want, so every school doesn't have the same type of specialization, so you're going to have to look at different programs to see what they offer. So when you're thinking about in person or online, you really want to think about your learning style.

What is the best way that you consume information? Do you like working in groups when you're able to have interactive conversations in a cohort and able to meet with your classmates face-to-face, or are you an online learner where you can handle self-paced work now that might require a little bit more reading a little bit more Opportunity for you to work on your own um, so you really have to think about what learning style do you have and then choose the program that best fits that now, regardless, if you choose an online program or an in-person program, the coursework is pretty much going To be the same, i will say, whichever program that you choose deciding to start an msw program requires a time commitment and it requires dedication, so really think about your life.

Think about the capacity that you have think about all the roles and responsibilities that you have going on currently and decide whether or not this will be a good option for you, because what you don't want to do is to start the program.

Then, to stop the program and start again and stop you really want to think about. Do you have the time to commit now, just because you stopped the program that doesn't mean that you can't pick up later. I just know from my experience of talking with and working with, msw students, it's always harder to start a program again once you stopped so really think about. If you have the time to dedicate to this now, what i did. I went into my master's degree program straight from undergrad.

I knew that i didn't want to take a break. I knew i didn't want to do a gap year. I knew that i wanted to go straight from undergrad and finish my graduate degree, so i could go straight into my career four, and this is the most crucial phase. You want to ensure that the program that you select is an accredited program. So what that means is you want to ensure that your program is accredited with cswe?

So cswe is an accrediting body that ensures that your program has met a certain level of rigor, and this is what 98 to 99 of employers are going to be looking at. Did you get your degree from an accredited program, so you definitely want to check to make sure before you apply for your program that the program is accredited. Accreditation is also important when you're looking to transfer or move to another state. It makes it a lot easier to transfer a degree from an accredited program to another state than to try to transfer one. That'S not because the accredited degree is going to ensure again that the program met those specific standards and it's going to be easier to transfer.

Those credits to a different state and lastly, i want to provide you with some application tips. So, when you're applying for your msw program, these are some things that you want to have in place before you apply, or that you want to be thinking about when you're ready to apply. So, first you want to make sure that you read through the full application for the msw program to ensure that you meet the gpa requirements and that you're applying for the program during the time frame that's required for you to be accepted. You also want to think about the application fee that might be due so sometimes there's a waiver that you can get um. So you don't have to pay the application fee, but you want to have your money ready and prepared when you're ready to submit your application.

A few other things that you want to have in place is one you want to make sure that you have a resume two. You want to make sure that you have your undergrad transcripts now, if you owe any money in undergrad, it's going to be hard. You'Re, probably not going to be able to get your transcripts so make sure that you don't owe money because they won't release your transcripts. If you owe before you wrap up your bsw degree, you want to talk to key people at your college or university, or you want to think about the employer where you're currently working, who can provide a letter of recommendation for you, because that'll be something else.

You'll need when you apply so most often you'll need about two or three letters of recommendation so think about those key relationships that you've been able to build, and those are the people that you want to ask early to be able to sign your letter because sometimes It can take a really long time to get those back.

Some schools do require a gre, but when i applied for graduate school that wasn't a requirement so just check your program because that may or may not be required and then lastly you're going to have to write a purpose statement. So the purpose statement is going to be a short essay, letting the college know why you want to be admitted into their program. So you want to reflect on why you want to earn an msw degree. What inspires you or motivates you about the social work profession? What prior experiences have led to your decision to become a social worker and what qualities do you possess?

That can be a good fit for the field, so you really want to communicate your desire and your hope for social change again. What social issue in the world do you hope to impact in a positive way, so you want to be very concise, but also compelling, so those are just a few of the key things that you want to consider before you apply for msw program. Have these things in place have a clear plan in place on what you want to do, where you want to go the location that you're thinking about the length of the program is the program accredited all the things that we talked about today and i'm telling you If you keep these things in mind, it'll make your journey in path to earning your msw degree a lot easier. So, thank you so much for readingthis. article again, i want to thank the sponsor of this article socialworkdegrees.

be sure to visit their website, to learn more about your msw program, your bsw program to look for programs within your state and also to look up licensure information and i'll leave. A link below in the description so that you can check out their website. Thank you all so much for watching and, as always be well.

5 Essential Apps for Every PhD Student

Hey it's Lucy, I'm more qualified to make this article because I'm kind of a technophobe I tend to resist technological change, and I tend to deny that there are programs out there that can make my life easier. So stuff has to be really good.

Before I start acknowledging that it exists over your many years in a PhD, you are going to need some kind of organized system to help you keep track of all that stuff stuffed in your head and there is an overwhelming abundance of apps.

That will claim to do this so from a student who is only going to tolerate apps if they really do change my life for the better it absolutely nothing. Less here are 5 apps that I think, are essential for every PhD student first one is Evernote.

Evernote is a free app for you to jot down anything and everything in a organized searchable, logical format. You can make notebooks to hold individual related notes. For example, I have this channel. I have hiking lab work. You can scan things in with the free Evernote app.

You can add tags to find things easier. You can annotate images, you can make checklists, you can even add other users to certain notebooks and then share things back and forth. Much like you would on Google Drive an alternative is OneNote, but I know nothing about that because it comes with Microsoft, onedrive.

It looks pretty much the same, though the reason this software is so inescapably useful to me is because it goes without saying, by the end of your free or fall year-long PhD you're gon na forgotten a lot of what you knew at the start. Physical notebooks are great for when you just need some it quick to hand.

But what happens when you've got ten of them and you know there's inconceivably important reference in one of them or what happens when you can't interpret your handwriting anymore or if you lose one? For all these reasons, Evernote is the number one piece of software I'd recommend to any PhD student and that's whether your Mac or Windows, science or arts organized an efficient or extremely slack.

Like me, number 2 is a reference manager high on my list of things not to do as an academic is to do what I did when writing up my Master's dissertation and that is to spend an entire day by hand. Copying references from Google Scholar into Microsoft. Word like an animal.

How a reference manager works is I kind of think of it as iTunes, but for papers. So it manages your citations, the metadata, the PDFs, the papers and most of them come with a web plugin that you can use to download papers directly from the likes of science direct.

You can insert your papers just like you've searched for a song in iTunes, but the best bit is when it comes to writing up your own page. There'S a plug-in for your word processor.

You just type in the reference you want and it imports it, but the best the best the best fit is it writes your bibliography for you.

I chose to use one called Zotero over competitors like Mandalay and EndNote because it seemed intuitive to me. It was free and they're all pretty similar. I'M honest, though you do have to pay for EndNote. It'S worth mentioning. If you do get something like EndNote on an institutions license and then move somewhere that doesn't have that license.

You'Ll either have to pay for it or you'll, have to start from scratch and that didn't seem worth the risk to me. Everybody swears by a different one, so you could always just try out several before committing so to save yourself time and dignity.

Don'T do what 22 year old Lucy did get yourself a reference manager number three on my list is some kind of vector imaging processor, even if, like me, you're, not remotely artistically inclined or talented by this I mean somewhere, where you can draw lines and shapes that Are PDF so you can zoom in and zoom in and zoom in forever, and they won't go pixelated, in contrast to bitmaps, which are JPEGs, for example, using men on them, and they call pixelated at some point whether you are presenting a paper or a presentation or Just fencing off a door because there are nesting, runs you're gon na need to make simple, uncluttered graphics.

That will get your message across Adobe Illustrator is super powerful and effective, but has a very steep learning curve and again not all institutions pay for its hefty subscription fees. So if you have an institution that does and then you move, you won't be able to access your files to me, illustrator is a bit like buying a mansion and just living in one room.

I don't feel like. I will ever use to its maximum that the capabilities and power that the software has - and I was a bit lost and overwhelmed when I used in my masters. Free, simpler alternatives include the likes of Inkscape, but to be honest, when you export PDS from Microsoft, PowerPoint and Mac OS s keynote they're, shockingly good, I'm just gon na show you again that illustrator figure I made for my masters.

This took me an entire day learning how to make everything work and that getting everything drawn here is that same thing, a redrawn in keynote and about half the time. Oh and better.

Still when I came to give a presentation on this, I just added custom animation and whoa. It'S just really powerful, really intuitive really easy straight off the bat. But if it's PowerPoint or illustrator that float your boat go for it just get a vector, processor and use it well. The fourth piece of software I recommend, is a calendar of some sort. Whether this is max outlook, the gmail want the iCloud one or the Mac calendar app as a PhD student.

You are going to have conferences to attend and seminars to attend and debates to attend. Our objective is to do and demonstrating activities you're going to be meeting with your supervisor. You'Re going to be doing experiments, you're gon na be going to conferences, you're going to be getting on trains gon na be getting on planes.

You can have appointments that are gon na, be mumps in advance that they're gon na change at the last minute. You'Re gon na need to keep track of it all and you don't have a personal assistant.

So this is how the key to using a calendar is to use it religiously, as soon as you make an appointment put it in as soon as the plan changes update it. If something is really important or really far in future, consider setting an alarm. I check calendar several times every day. I could have a physical diary, but this is Meeta. It'S easy to remind me of stuff.

I can invite people to do certain things I can edit it easily. I can easily check when I last did something by searching for it. Also, calendars will sync across mobile devices, which is very useful when you're on the go. For all these reasons, I strongly recommend you get a calendar app, but don't bother if you've got a personal assistant. My last recommendation will seem staggeringly obvious, but here goes it's Microsoft Word I do not like Word.

I don't find it intuitive. It'S clunky, it's slow! It crashes on you, you move one small image and the entire document just crumbles before your eyes, but everybody has it. You use pages like I do and it's kind of common courtesy to convert it to Word in case they don't have a Mac use latex and you need specialist knowledge to use it. So sadly, as much as it pains me to say, word is the international language of word processes.

One thing I do prefer in word over pages is that it's track changes function. It'S really neat when you're passing an abstract back and forth of your supervisor.

This is a way to see what changes and comments they've made line by line everything from adding a semicolon to rewriting a whole paragraph in a comment. That'S the only compliment it's getting from me, though, and at least you won't have to pay for it, because pretty much every institution has a license. Those are my top five maps of PhD students.

Please tell me you think I've missed any. Tell me what apps, you think have changed your life that I won't have heard of. I come chat to me in the comments find me on Twitter and please subscribe for more PhD related content.

5 Things to Know || Starting A Doctoral Degree

Are you considering pursuing a doctoral degree? Well then, this article is right for you once accepted into the program. The first step entails taking a number of courses prior to tackling the dissertation in these courses, you'll complete papers and get feedback on your readiness for the doctoral level. Writing that you'll need to do in your dissertation.

You'Ll also study the content of your academic discipline or degree, and most likely you'll also learn the difference between quantitative and qualitative research in order to choose which methodology and ultimate design best suits your anticipated dissertation. This coursework normally takes two or more years after that. You'Ll start the dissertation writing process.

You'Ll have a committee which normally includes a chair. Who will be your main point of contact and your mentor, and you may also have a methodologist as well as a content, expert and or other committee members who will ultimately attend your dissertation defense to decide whether your study merits publication and conference of your university's degree.

This part of the doctoral journey can take anywhere from two to five years. Any number of life events, both joyful and sorrowful, may dictate the length of this time frame.

The second consideration that is important to review is life balance, since most programs require the time equivalent of a part-time job - let's say 20 hours a week, sometimes more, sometimes less only. You can answer for yourself whether your life has room right now for that family and work commitments must be part of the equation.

When weighing whether now is the right season of life to start a doctoral program, will child care be necessary?

Can someone else manage parts of home life that you normally handle? Well, your work supervisors support these efforts by lessening responsibilities or making room for this new goal. Overall.

Will the people in your life understand that you'll have to say no now to things that you would have said yes to in the past, because you're embarking on this new academic interest and it's going to be demanding? Are you willing to give up less important things in your life like social media and tv or sports?

The third consideration is time. Management, doctoral learners, who have planned weekly and even daily routines for their studies, seem to be more successful, in other words, consider when and where you will actually sit, read and write visualize it is it an office or a dedicated space in your house, a library, a Local coffee, shop or an area your place of employment.

Where will those 20 hours come from each week and where will you do them? Will you be getting up early or going to bed later? Will there be weekly activities that you'll be giving up for the next couple of years?

According to a 2017 census of earned doctorates, the time needed from enrollment to graduation ranged from 5.8 to 7.1 years? Can you dedicate that 20 hour output on a weekly basis? For that long, the best advice for success is to plan your work and to work your plan.

Another important consideration are your finances and the resources necessary to complete a doctorate. As you know, advanced degrees come with a cost.

Budgeting for this dream makes sense. Did you know that, after completing your fafsa, you can apply for a grad plus loan as a credit-based loan option, you can find this at studentaid.gov?

Does your employer have education benefits that can cover some most or all of the cost of your doctorate? What is the payment plan at your institution? How often is tuition due all of these are good questions to ask additionally, you'll want to consider the resources available at the institution you're, considering what kind of librarian tutoring and writing assistance is available.

How available will your chair and or your committee be to you? Do you have a university advisor dedicated to your success?

What technical support is available to you at your school? Finally, an up-to-date computer, most likely a laptop with current software is a must, while you may be confident of your own abilities, knowing that these other supports are available, make the learning process much smoother.

One more very important consideration is your mental and emotional stamina. There'S a reason that only about two percent of the world's population holds a doctoral degree. The rigorous process places many demands on those enrolled.

Why do only 55 to 60 enrolled and doctoral programs make it to graduation mental and emotional stamina play a role.

What avenues can you depend on to bolster you during this difficult, yet rewarding journey, mind a set of friends, a faith community or particular mentors or family members? Be your go-to cheerleading champions? Can you build a rapport with a cohort of fellow doctoral students to be there for both the challenges and the triumphs of your doctoral experience? What healthy activities will you turn to for refreshment and self-care for many enrolling in a doctoral program and graduating with that terminal degree?

Is a lifetime dream, but you want to go into it with your eyes, open and know what's in store for you. My hope is that today's article helped you make a more informed decision if you have other ideas and things that we can do to make the process easier for you.

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Top 10 Doctorate Degrees

What'S happening guys it's shane here and in today's article we are going to be talking about the top 10 doctoral degrees. That'S right, we're doing this year's version. This is a super highly requested article. I did last year's version and i got tons of comments asking me about different degrees and asking me to do it again and yes, there were some degrees, some careers, that i didn't include in that last list that i have included in this one.

Getting a doctoral degree is a huge commitment, so you always want to make sure that you're doing your research and that's what this article is hopefully going to help you do and we're going to go over a lot of different factors from how saturated certain careers are.

What the job market's like, also how much money you make and then we're also going to go over how much debt you end up getting into with these different degrees and just some overall x factors and some important things to consider. So with that being said, we are going to jump right into it.

Super excited for this one, but make sure you gently tap that, like button hit the subscribe button and ring the notification bell so that you never miss out on a article number 10 on the list is going to be a doctor of physical therapy, also known as Dpt, this is the degree that you would get in order to become a physical therapist. Now, out of all the degrees that i talk about on this list, this one has the highest job satisfaction.

In fact, this has one of the highest job satisfaction rates out of any career period and basically, they help ill or injured people improve their movement and pain. Now 11 000 people graduated with this degree last year, and the debt to income ratio is about 2.5 to 1.

Don'T pay too much attention to the number itself. This is uh data that i got from student loan planner. This is basically a consulting service that works with people who have masters and doctorates and are in a lot of debt, and so people who would seek these services out are likely people who have more debt. But i do think that, generally speaking, when you compare it to the debt to income ratio of the other ones on this list, you'll see which ones have higher ratios, i got some comments about that last year, so i hope that makes sense.

This doesn't mean that if you make a hundred thousand dollars and there's a two point - five to one debt to income ratio that you're going to go 250 000 in debt. That just means that the people who had this degree and wanted those consulting services if they were making a hundred thousand on average we're about 250 000 in debt. So just wanted to make that super clear.

Now, according to glassdoor.com, the average physical therapist makes about 76 000 a year and according to bls, they make about 89 000. But the job outlook over the next 10 years shows that it's growing at about 22, which is well above average uh just to compare that average is around four to five percent. And if you look at the meaning score, it's 89, which is one of the highest out of all careers. You look at so, even though the salary is a little bit lower than a lot of them on this list.

You know 70, 80, 90, 000 or so the meaning score kind of makes up for it, and that's why i did include it next. One on the list. Number nine is going to be dentist and they either have a dds, which is a doctor of dental surgery or a dmd, which is a doctor of dental medicine, and these degrees are basically exactly the same.

I'M not even sure why they have two different names, but anyways last year about 6 000 people graduated with this doctorate and by the way this is what's known as a professional doctorate degree uh, compared to something like a doctor of philosophy which we'll be going over In a little bit, and basically professional degrees, in my opinion, are almost like the combination of a trade certificate like trade school mixed with traditional education and the reason for that is because a lot of the time in traditional education, when you get a degree, you end Up doing something that has nothing to do with the degree the skills you learn from the degree will still probably help you in whatever you endeavor to do, but when it comes to professional degrees, you are learning exactly what you need to know in order to do A very specific career, so, for instance, if you get a dental degree, you're going to become a dentist, if you get a law degree you're going to become a lawyer and if you get a medical degree, you're going to become a doctor now with this one, they Make about 166 000 a year according to glassdoor and according to bls they make about a hundred and fifty nine thousand, and it's growing at about seven percent, which is slightly above average.

So when you see the seven percent there uh compared to a lot of other health degrees, not quite as good now, the debt to income ratio is 2.5 to one which isn't too bad.

But you also have to consider the fact that that's just student loan debt and a lot of the time dentists actually take out other loans in order to start their own business. So they might end up going like a million dollars in debt in order to start their practice, and then they aren't able to pay it down until they're in their 30s or 40s, so becoming a dentist is kind of a long-term play.

It'S one of those things where you basically sacrifice what you're doing today in order to gain more in the future for a very, very long time, but with that being said, can be a great choice for the right type of person, not personally my cup of tea.

I like to secure the bag so to speak at an earlier age, so that i can actually enjoy my 20s and 30s, but yeah dentists make the best money out of anybody on this list, except for one profession which we'll be going over here in a bit.

Next, one on the list is going to be a science phd. Now this one does come with a disclaimer. Not all science phds are created equally. So an example of this one would be a science phd in chemistry. Last year, about 2700 people did graduate with this doctorate.

Now the thing about a lot of science related degrees is, unfortunately it's so complicated and it takes so much skill that you have to get a doctorate in order to get a lot of these jobs that are available.

But if you are able to get a doctorate which, by the way is very difficult - usually it's - you know four years of undergrad another eight years to get your phd so 12 years total and during that time, you're going to be working and studying extremely hard.

But with that being said, it can pay off, especially if you're somebody who's truly passionate about whatever you're studying and you know, glassdoor has scientists making about 97 000 a year, and this is specifically for chemists.

The next one on the list is going to be lawyer and they get a juris doctor degree or jd. Now this is one of the most popular doctorate degrees. Last year about 34 000 people graduated with this one.

The debt to income ratio here is about 2

8 to 1, so getting on the higher side, not too bad, though, and if you are able to get a job, you get paid really well about 112 000 a year according to glassdoor, but that's actually a big.

If? Because a lot of people go to law, school get their jd and then they either don't find work at all or they find a job. Do entry-level work kind of grunt work for a while uh get worked really hard working like 60-80 hours a week.

In many cases and then end up quitting the career and just going in a completely different direction, i made an entire article about this kind of breaking down all the reasons you shouldn't become a lawyer, but for the right person, somebody who's, probably an a type personality.

Confident competitive, driven uh, this can be a really good opportunity for you. So lawyer is one of those careers that has very, very high upside we're talking. You can make like tens of millions of dollars a year as a lawyer, but it also has a very low downside, whereas a lot of other degrees on this list are health related and with health degrees. You kind of know what you're going to get.

If you get a health related major health related degree go into a career, you kind of know what you're going to make it's relatively stable, there's, not much of a difference between the highest earners and the lowest earners.

Now, according to bls lawyers, make about 122 000 a year and it's growing at six percent, which is slightly above average, so yeah definitely check that article out um. If you're considering going to law school, make sure you do your research on it. But if you do decide to go make sure you go to a good school and you are a top student next one on the list.

Number six is going to be pharmacist and this is the career you'd go into. If you got a pharmd or a doctor of pharmacy, this is a degree i got and pharmacists are legal, drug dealers and experts on pharmacology.

I wonder if youtube's gon na demonetize me for saying that anyways last year about 14 000 people did graduate with this degree.

Now, according to glassdoor you're gon na make about a hundred and twenty two thousand dollars a year according to bls, you make about a hundred and twenty eight thousand and they have a two point: two to one debt to income ratio, which is one of the lowest On this list now i will say this is one of those degrees that kind of attracts a lot of people who are just trying to a make a lot of money or b get a relatively easy doctorate, so definitely do not go into pharmacy for either of Those two reasons only go into it if you're passionate about it - and you know what you're getting yourself into number five on the list is going to be a stem without the s just technology, engineering and mathematics, doctoral level degree.

So this is going to be a phd or doctor of philosophy in a technology, engineering or mathematics degree. So one example of this would be an electrical engineering phd.

Now again i will say here that some degrees are going to be better than others when it comes to getting your phd, so you really want to look into it because there's a lot of careers that absolutely do not require you to get a phd.

So you want to go to people who are currently in the career you're going for and ask them.

Will you know getting a phd help me or do i not need to do that? Can i do it with a master's or a bachelor's, but with that being said, the average electrical engineer makes about 95 000 a year and of course they would probably make a lot more than that, because you can become an electrical engineer with just a bachelor. So if you had a doctorate, you'd be making quite a bit more number, four on the list is going to be a college professor, with a phd.

Now it's very very difficult to become a college professor. Now i've talked about this in my article about. Should you go to graduate school, but there are basically way more people who are trying to become professors than there are assistant, professor positions open at some degrees in some schools. It'S absolutely ridiculous, where there's like 400 applications for one open position, but with that being said, if you are able to become a college professor, not only is it really well paying, but it tends to be a pretty cool job.

According to glassdoor, the average professor nationwide makes about a hundred and fourteen thousand dollars and according to bls, it's growing at about 11, which is faster than average, but yeah be very, very careful. If you want to become a professor, it's not guaranteed very difficult to get into it.

You really have to dedicate yourself and know what you're getting yourself into number three on the list is going to be a doctor of nursing practice in order to become a doctoral level. Nurse practitioner last year about 3 500 people graduated with this degree. This is one of my favorite careers because you can prescribe diagnose and you don't have to be under the supervision of a doctor. So this is basically a way to do a very similar job to what doctors do without having to go through three to seven years of residency.

Now nurse practitioners make about a hundred and twenty one thousand dollars a year according to glassdoor.com and that's including masters as well as doctoral level, nurse practitioners and so at the doctoral level, you'd likely be making even more than that, so yeah really good. One has very high job satisfaction as well. It'S growing at a ridiculous rate, there's tons of job openings out there. So definitely one you should consider if you want to go into the medical field.

Number two on the list is going to be a dental specialist, something like an orthodontist. So basically this would be an add-on to becoming a dentist. So the typical dentist is going to go to four years of undergrad four years of dental school, and then you know, if you just want to become a dentist, that's good you're good to go. If you want to become an orthodontist, you usually have to do an extra three years of residency.

However, orthodontists can make a lot more money than dentists, so orthodontists generally specialize in aligning teeth and jaws, so putting braces on people doing invisalign that sort of thing, whereas dentists are just general mouth teeth, etc. Health. Now you can also become an endodontist or a periodontist.

I'M not really going to go into those, but they also make quite a bit of money as well. Now orthodontists are relatively rare, there's not nearly as many of them, but they are going to make more than a dentist, usually about 290 000 a year or so, but that's with about 11 total years of school and residency, which is very similar to the next one. On the list, number one is going to be medical doctor, and this is what you would become if you got an md or a do, which is a medical doctorate or a doctor of osteopathic medicine.

Now this one actually has the lowest debt to income ratio on the list at 1.64 to 1.

And last year, about 24 000 people graduated with either an md or a do now. In order to become a medical doctor, it is a grueling process.

First of all, you have to do four years of undergrad get your bachelor's degree, and on top of that, you have to have excellent grades and do lots of different extracurriculars in order to get into med school. If you are lucky enough to get into med school, which i've personally seen, people fail to get in four times in a row, multiple people.

But if you are lucky enough to get into med school, then you have four years of even more grueling schooling to go through. Then, if you make it through that, you've got another three to seven years of residency and you might end up doing a fellowship on top of that. That'S two to three years.

So most people do not start making the big bucks making the real money until they're. In their 30s, and sometimes late, 30s or even 40s, now, overall, when it comes to the value that you get out of a degree, i've talked about this many times on the channel. I think for most people, just generally speaking, the best value degree is a bachelor's right. You get the most bang for the buck by just getting your bachelor's, but in certain situations for certain people it does make sense to get a doctorate like a medical doctor.

So, according to glassdoor.com, they make about a hundred and eighty three thousand dollars a year which is the highest on this list, except for maybe orthodontist. But it really depends on which specialty you go into as a doctor and keep in mind as a dentist or an orthodontist you're likely going to have to take out a loan in order to start your practice.

So there's going to be a lot more debt involved in that, and i did a article where i talked about different specialties that make a lot more money. Uh. Generally speaking, you know, neurosurgery is the highest paying specialty you make about 617 000 a year, but there's even sub-specialties of that where you can make into the 800 000 plus dollars a year, and then you do see the occasional doctor here there that owns their own Business and they're, very famous or they're, very good, at whatever they do they can make in the millions of dollars a year, the lowest paying doctor specialty is pediatric infectious disease at about 186, 000

So when i think it comes to medical doctor, this list is a little bit off. They will likely make quite a bit more than 183 000 but yeah. I hope you enjoyed the list uh check out my other articles right here. I made them just for you.

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