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What do you think of this list? Would you dispute any of what he says here?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVxqvJ_goBk
#10 Industrial Design
#9 Management Information Systems
#8 Occupational Health & Safety
#7 IT Management
#6 Diagnostic Medical Ultrasound (Sonography)
#5 Project Management
#4 Electrical & Computer Engineering
#3 Instrumentation Technology
#2 Radiation Therapy
#1 Computer Science & Mathematics
Two of these (MIS & Project Management) are available as inexpensive Bachelor's degrees at UMPI. Definitely cheaper than most Associate degrees in these same subjects!
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I'm surprised an associates in nursing is not up there.
maybe even OTA and PTA programs too?
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didn't watch the video yet
but these surprise me
#10 Industrial Design
#9 Management Information Systems
#7 IT Management
all those seem like you'd need at least a bachelors
who would hire someone for it management or Management Information Systems who only has a two year degree ?
and i can't believe a 2 year degree is enough for Industrial Design
everything else seems ok, except yeah, where's nursing or dental assistant
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Some of these I've never seen an associate degree for like project management, industrial design, and MIS. You need a bachelor's degree in PM and MIS to get anywhere. Same with IT Management....definitely need a bachelor's at least. Surprised nursing and some sort of dental degree isn't on here. Maybe that's the problem. So few people want to get into those professions today.
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02-03-2022, 11:02 AM
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And none of the medical ?
Lpn
Rn
Respiratory
X-ray
Physical
Ect ect.
Not a very realistic list.
Sorry I don’t see the ultrasound
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(02-03-2022, 10:16 AM)bluebooger Wrote: didn't watch the video yet
but these surprise me
#10 Industrial Design
#9 Management Information Systems
#7 IT Management
all those seem like you'd need at least a bachelors
who would hire someone for it management or Management Information Systems who only has a two year degree ?
and i can't believe a 2 year degree is enough for Industrial Design
everything else seems ok, except yeah, where's nursing or dental assistant
I've worked with IT managers with no degrees at all. Experience is king in that world. Not that a degree wouldn't give you an upper hand.
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(02-03-2022, 07:18 AM)nyvrem Wrote: I'm surprised an associates in nursing is not up there.
maybe even OTA and PTA programs too?
Agreed - all of the medical stuff is good bang for your buck. My kid is going for Surgical Tech. WAY less work, and easier program to get into than nursing, for not much less money in earnings.
And if you start working in a hospital, your chances of getting them to pay for a BSN or something like that is decent. So getting a "lesser" degree is not a bad way to go, especially if you can't get into an inexpensive RN program (they are SO over subscribed, our local CC had a 5yr wait, and that was pre-Covid).
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(02-03-2022, 09:39 PM)jsd Wrote: I've worked with IT managers with no degrees at all. Experience is king in that world. Not that a degree wouldn't give you an upper hand.
obviously experience is what's important
but when I hear about "top associates degrees" I think about a student going into that program directly out of high school
and those kinds of students are going to come out with the associates degree and very little experience if any
there is a huge difference between someone who served in the military and had IT duties
and then finished their service and got an associates in IT management
and someone who gets a IT management degree straight out of high school
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Looking back, I wish I had done a radiography program at my local CC out of high school. It would probably have been fun for me, and I would have avoided several years of instability. I literally just never even thought of radiography as a possibility. I still keep the idea in the back of my mind. In case my career goes to complete poop, I can start over and give it a try.
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(02-04-2022, 02:51 PM)Maniac Craniac Wrote: Looking back, I wish I had done a radiography program at my local CC out of high school. It would probably have been fun for me, and I would have avoided several years of instability. I literally just never even thought of radiography as a possibility. I still keep the idea in the back of my mind. In case my career goes to complete poop, I can start over and give it a try. Yes. Have a cousin who’s an xray tech. Also certified in mri and ct. does well. And loves it. 2 year degree.
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