hello community! I’m looking into graduate programs and need some advice. For insight my end goal would be a marketing director. I love the topics and classes in an MS -Strategic marketing program but when i look into job posts with that title, to get an idea of qulifications, majority ask for MBA. My question is does it matter?
Try a relevant topic.
yes. exactly. if you're a businessy type, then go for at least finance or economics. some specializations of both are super relevant and useful to multiple jobs/fields. game theory! 😍
Oops, I accidentally answered the question insightfully. I meant to suggest a different Blind topic appropriate for career advice, rather than a topic about office life.
Get your MBA and then get a concentration in marketing. Business is not done in silos hence the MS may limit you since you won't know enough about the other business areas. The whole M7 thing is BS. The top 20-25 schools will give you the opportunity to succeed...obviously the higher you go the more prestigious the exit opportunities but so too the intensity of competition and the difficulty in getting in. What I think is more important is whether you go with a traditional lecture based program or a case based school.
Look into getting both. Usually not that many more courses if you plan.
MBAs are a dime a dozen and are (generally) not serious academic/intellectual programs. Personally, I avoid business majors and MBAs in all areas of my life. To me, it signals someone more interested in ends over means. Someone willing to do something asinine for 2 years just to potentially make more money. I'd view any MS degree more favorably than an MBA. *Unless your MBA is specifically from Booth, Kellog, Harvard, or Tufts. **All that said, your best bet in life is to stay intrinsically motivated. Do what is interesting, fun, valuable TO YOU!!! When you finish a course of study and *no* lucrative job offers come rollin in, you want to not regret the time & money you spent studying XYZ. Also, if you are truly enjoying something, you're more likely to stick with it and complete it, to persevere through challenges. If you're only doing one thing to get something else... your compass gets all mixed up. bad choice.
Tufts? Wtf?
You lost all credits when you mentioned Tufts. Your advice is not credible given your knowledge gap.