Program Review - Missouri State University

[Duneranger]

The "spend money to make money" concept here is just unrealistic for the vast majority of people.  There are so many variables, what you were making pre-post doctorate, field, resume, etc.  The vast majority of people won't get a PhD and double their income.  The vast majority will never sniff the kind of salary you've managed.  I make less than half of your first post-PhD offer and I am still in the top 10%.  And for my situation, it is unlikely that a PhD would add very much to my salary.  Grad school has a notoriously low ROI (degree depending of course) whenever they publish stats.

Fair, but 20k is extremely reasonable in the grad school world. I think this sub is insanely out of touch with the rest of academia. The posts complaining about UMPI increasing term tuition by 200 bucks were mind-boggling. Literally, you get a BA in 3 months for less than 1 month's rent in most cities, and people will still complain.

Some grad schools are absolutely worth the cash, but I would say most people can't get into them. I would say most value is in master's degrees and not doctorates for most fields.

This program sounds solid and I know people who attended personally.. 20k is objectively cheap for a grad degree outside the bubble of this forum.