Most people don't have a second bachelor's degree because most people don't even have a first bachelor's degree. So, the demand for third bachelor's degrees will be low. Graduate school is increasingly becoming the option for making a career change, and that's where a disproportionate amount of the student loan debt comes from.
However, there is a difference between a career change and a drastic career change. And, the amount of additional education you'll need depends on the occupation you're trying to enter. If you want to become a nurse, then you're going to need another degree. Almost everything in the healthcare and STEM (other than IT) fields will require another degree. One can't expect to become a medical physicist with an English degree. Just not going to happen. Want to become a psychotherapist with your marketing degree? That's not going to happen either.
This doesn't just apply to STEM and healthcare. I could spend 10 years in my current position, and I wouldn't meet the entry-level auditor requirements within my own agency because I don't have enough accounting credits.
However, there is a difference between a career change and a drastic career change. And, the amount of additional education you'll need depends on the occupation you're trying to enter. If you want to become a nurse, then you're going to need another degree. Almost everything in the healthcare and STEM (other than IT) fields will require another degree. One can't expect to become a medical physicist with an English degree. Just not going to happen. Want to become a psychotherapist with your marketing degree? That's not going to happen either.
This doesn't just apply to STEM and healthcare. I could spend 10 years in my current position, and I wouldn't meet the entry-level auditor requirements within my own agency because I don't have enough accounting credits.
Graduate of Not VUL or ENEB
MS, MSS and Graduate Cert
AAS, AS, BA, and BS
CLEP
Intro Psych 70, US His I 64, Intro Soc 63, Intro Edu Psych 70, A&I Lit 64, Bio 68, Prin Man 69, Prin Mar 68
DSST
Life Dev Psych 62, Fund Coun 68, Intro Comp 469, Intro Astr 56, Env & Hum 70, HTYH 456, MIS 451, Prin Sup 453, HRM 62, Bus Eth 458
ALEKS
Int Alg, Coll Alg
TEEX
4 credits
TECEP
Fed Inc Tax, Sci of Nutr, Micro, Strat Man, Med Term, Pub Relations
CSU
Sys Analysis & Design, Programming, Cyber
SL
Intro to Comm, Microbio, Acc I
Uexcel
A&P
Davar
Macro, Intro to Fin, Man Acc
MS, MSS and Graduate Cert
AAS, AS, BA, and BS
CLEP
Intro Psych 70, US His I 64, Intro Soc 63, Intro Edu Psych 70, A&I Lit 64, Bio 68, Prin Man 69, Prin Mar 68
DSST
Life Dev Psych 62, Fund Coun 68, Intro Comp 469, Intro Astr 56, Env & Hum 70, HTYH 456, MIS 451, Prin Sup 453, HRM 62, Bus Eth 458
ALEKS
Int Alg, Coll Alg
TEEX
4 credits
TECEP
Fed Inc Tax, Sci of Nutr, Micro, Strat Man, Med Term, Pub Relations
CSU
Sys Analysis & Design, Programming, Cyber
SL
Intro to Comm, Microbio, Acc I
Uexcel
A&P
Davar
Macro, Intro to Fin, Man Acc
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