<p>Does the prestige of a terminal master's degree matter if one plans to get a PhD (in the same field) anyway?</p>
<p>It’ll help if you can solid recommendations from said school.</p>
<p>Yes, especially if it’s a renown program for sending students to PhD programs.</p>
<p>The proper language here, as tenisghs recognizes, is not “prestige” but PhD placement rate. That’s what counts.</p>