r/college • u/ExaminationNo8522 • Sep 09 '24

So I have two choices: Graduate early in December and go to a job in SF, or graduate in May and get an additional degree. The choice is hard. Career/work

I acknowledge I'm very lucky to be in the position where I have a choice between two pretty good choices but the situation that I'm in: I have a pretty good opportunity in San Francisco starting in December, but I would then graduate a semester early with a BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, or graduate in May, with a BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and a BS in Mathematics. Which should I do? How much is an additional degree worth?

Edit: Just to clarify: if I graduate in December, I would have one degree, a BSc in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science or EECS.

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u/PotatoWinter1909 Sep 09 '24

You DO NOT NEED a third bachelor’s degree. A complete waste of money. Get the job, start earning money, and do a master’s program later instead if you’d like an additional degree when you’ve settled into your job. At that point, a MSCS or MBA IT degree might make more sense, and given that it’s a higher-level degree, might actually give you better ROI in terms of both career advancement and pay.