<p>After you get a liberal arts major and realize you need something more technical for financial purposes, what do people usually go into?</p>
<p>If you don't know what you want to go to graduate school for, then you've got no business whatsoever in graduate school. It is not a place to find yourself, figure out what you want to do with your life. It is a place for people with very specific interests and ideas.</p>
<p>oh....and its hardly a place to improve your financial situation.</p>
<p>It varies. I think some people actually do go to graduate school to (after getting their grad degree or degrees) improve their financial situation. A liberal arts bachelor's degree in something such as psychology might not go far, but a master's degree in psychology should, at the very least, qualify you to teach at the community college level, which should bring in a decent income. It can open other doors too.<br>
What to study in grad school depends. Some people go to grad school to study something totally unrelated to their undergrad major. In a lot of fields (albeit not all) that can work out okay, though you might have to take some prerequisites.<br>
Most people would probably recommend studying something in grad school that you have a definite interest in, not just a casual interest.</p>
<p>Some people with liberal arts undergrad majors get MBA's...</p>
<p>oh....and its hardly a place to improve your financial situation.</p>
<p>I disagree here, if you know exactly what you want this can open doors for you. I'm one of those that believes a Masters degree can further your career, of course it depends on what you are pursuing, but nonetheless it can greatly help. It is so common in Europe to get a masters degree, I don't know why it isn't in the US.</p>
<p>Engineering MS degrees often offer funding if you do thesis research.</p>
<p>I totally agree with the information here, I graduated with a BA in Psychology and ran into a lot of problems finding jobs that were more specialized. I am now considering getting my Master's and going further...it's just a matter of money at this point.</p>
<p>I'm thinking of getting an MBA after college. I think I might end up graduating in English and Philosophy/Tech Comm. I probably can't make much money with a liberal arts degree.</p>
<p>If a person gets an MBA after a liberal arts BA compared to a person getting an MBA after a business degree, would their salaries or anything be any different?</p>