What to do...

[Capn_Underpants 401]

As you guys know i'm undecided with what I want to do when I 'grow up'. I'm going to school, but have no idea what I want to do.

 

I am great at math and a lot of my math teachers have told me to be an engineer when I grow up. But there are so many kinds of engineers, i'm not quite sure which one would be the fit for me. I was looking into architectural drafting and design, but that seems like it would be a male dominate job? I wonder if woman are even doing that sort of thing. I wonder if the pay is good, would I work at home?

 

I'm good with computers. I took C++ and Web Design in high school and was completely in love with it. Wed design was something that I had a great passion for and with programming my teacher told me that they want more women in that field. Programming to me was a big headache and my teacher sucked. So I would need to get better with that for sure. But with the right teacher and determination i'm sure I could do that. As I sit here and think of computers, so many people are going for these kinds of jobs... am I just going to be that person with a degree and unemployed? It doesn't seem demanding to me.

 

I've always been interested in Psychology. I think having that degree is a branch into all kinds of jobs. I'd love a federal job. I would lie if I were to say otherwise. Being a Social Worker or doing Forensic Psychology catches my interests.

 

I could see myself working at a hospital too. I couldn't see myself as a doctor or an RN, but I could see myself giving X-Rays, CAT Scans, MRIs, and all of that.

 

I obviously have some ideas, I just don't know which one to go for. I don't know what i'm looking for by starting this thread.. I need to get my thoughts out and see if I can get some tips or something to try and figure this out. The last thing I want to do is go to school for 4 years and be unhappy.

[BO7H B4RRELS 2,453]

As far as psychology and social work, the pay sucks ass unless you're willing to go all the way and get your doctoral degree.  

 

Please don't waste any money on schooling until you have a very clear idea of what job you want.  Not what degree you want, but what job you'd like to be doing.  

 

I've got a masters degree in psychology and a bachelors degree in criminal justice.  I've realized that I love psychology, but I don't want to actually do any of it as a job.  It's interesting to me, and I love reading and learning about it, but it's not something I enjoy doing.  Make sure you know what job you want to do, not what degree interests you.  I only got a criminal justice degree because others told me that I should.  I've been doing it for almost 9 years now and I'm completely burnt out on it.  I want to change fields, but all of my experience is in this field, so no one is giving me a shot at starting over.  

 

You're a smart girl, and you're already putting thought into this, so you'll be alright.  Good luck! 

 

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[cyberninja2601 1,106]

Hi Sam,

 

Well firstly I have an electrical engineering degree and I think that can be a great degree. However that field is pretty much male dominated. There's probably 3 women out of every engineer as far as I know in that field. If you like coding computer engineering might be worth a look. Also design FGPAs or ASICs is something that requires coding skills (VHDL or verilog) and that's what I've been doing for the last 15 years. I now run my own company and I am able to work from home. The better job markets for those skill are Boston and San Jose.

 

Female engineers tend to like Biomedical engineering. It's a wide field. It's everything from artificial limbs, diagnostics equipment, artificial organs, artificial membranes. That field seems to have about 50% women in the customer base I have. There are a lot of hospital and government opportunities for the field.  Big in WI, Chigago and government towns.

 

Another field is biochemistry or biotechnology. It's similar to Biomedical eng but it's usually a science degree rather than engineer. So it's  heavier on the sciences and lighter on the math. My daughter plans to study that next year. It's another science field that is open to women. Lots of lab, research and drug related opps.

 

My wife has 3 degrees in architecture. Lots of women study in that field. The money tends to go to the people who are good designers. The people who do the technical work not so much. The registration process is a pain in the ass (to get your license to practice). You have to write 15 exams and be above the bell curve. You can start your own practice however (like Engineers) and be your own boss. 

 

All of those jobs should pay over $100K once you get a fair amount of experience.  I think starting salaries for engineers are around 50-60K in good job market these days

 

I don't know how you study to be a doctor in the US but in Canada you need to get a bachelors degree first and go to grad school to be a doctor. Any one of the above professions would do

 

Architecture is also grad studies. So you would need to get another degree first (in Canada anyways).

 

So if you are serious about a doctor. Biochem or biotech is a good way to do it. Because you get a degree and you are employable. You can then study in grad school after.

 

In order to make money in Psychology you need a PhD (everywhere I know of anyways).  So you have to be in for the long run

 

It's a big choice but those are all excellent opportunities. The best way to be successful at it is to pick something you like. But that's pretty darn difficult at your age because you don't really know what that is.

 

Anyways good luck with you choices. We can talk off line if you would like.  I can't really advise you about studies in the US. But I can perhaps with career path since 100% of my customer base is in the USA and my wife and I spend a shit load of time getting those different degrees.

 

Pat

[JsinOwl 644]

Holy shit great posts guys, don't know if I have anything to add.

[Plumbers Crack 4,062]

Loadsa female architects over here Sam and we're seeing a lot more female Quantity Surveyours in Construction as well

[DarkArch3typ3 58]

There's a lot of demand for programmers but with all the jobs being outsourced to India, it will be a lot of competition. Though if you get your experience, you'll pretty much guarantee a job somewhere.

Architecture engineering, I would say stay away unless you can guarantee yourself a job. My sister in law took a 4 year university, masters? I think. She had a tough time finding a job. She had amazing grades and she has an awesome personality.

Psychology? I can't really say anything about it. I don't know anything about the field.

Any Rn or hospital work pretty much guarantees you a job. Only thing is that the hours can be hectic, but the money is amazing.

It all comes down to what you love Sam. It seems to be you have more passions for programming by the sound of it. You have to be sure for yourself though.

[Capn_Underpants 401]

As far as psychology and social work, the pay sucks ass unless you're willing to go all the way and get your doctoral degree.  

 

Please don't waste any money on schooling until you have a very clear idea of what job you want.  Not what degree you want, but what job you'd like to be doing.  

 

I've got a masters degree in psychology and a bachelors degree in criminal justice.  I've realized that I love psychology, but I don't want to actually do any of it as a job.  It's interesting to me, and I love reading and learning about it, but it's not something I enjoy doing.  Make sure you know what job you want to do, not what degree interests you.  I only got a criminal justice degree because others told me that I should.  I've been doing it for almost 9 years now and I'm completely burnt out on it.  I want to change fields, but all of my experience is in this field, so no one is giving me a shot at starting over.  

 

You're a smart girl, and you're already putting thought into this, so you'll be alright.  Good luck! 

 

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Thanks for the input, Tommy. How do I know if I'll like the job though? The degrees sound interesting, but the jobs? I'm not sure. That seems to be what's holding me back. I'm interested in a lot of things, but I don't know what to pull the trigger with. What if I pay to go to school for something and I wasted away all of my years to get to the job and realize I hate it? That would suck big time and it scares me.

 

Hi Sam,

 

Well firstly I have an electrical engineering degree and I think that can be a great degree. However that field is pretty much male dominated. There's probably 3 women out of every engineer as far as I know in that field. If you like coding computer engineering might be worth a look. Also design FGPAs or ASICs is something that requires coding skills (VHDL or verilog) and that's what I've been doing for the last 15 years. I now run my own company and I am able to work from home. The better job markets for those skill are Boston and San Jose.

 

Female engineers tend to like Biomedical engineering. It's a wide field. It's everything from artificial limbs, diagnostics equipment, artificial organs, artificial membranes. That field seems to have about 50% women in the customer base I have. There are a lot of hospital and government opportunities for the field.  Big in WI, Chigago and government towns.

 

Another field is biochemistry or biotechnology. It's similar to Biomedical eng but it's usually a science degree rather than engineer. So it's  heavier on the sciences and lighter on the math. My daughter plans to study that next year. It's another science field that is open to women. Lots of lab, research and drug related opps.

 

My wife has 3 degrees in architecture. Lots of women study in that field. The money tends to go to the people who are good designers. The people who do the technical work not so much. The registration process is a pain in the ass (to get your license to practice). You have to write 15 exams and be above the bell curve. You can start your own practice however (like Engineers) and be your own boss. 

 

All of those jobs should pay over $100K once you get a fair amount of experience.  I think starting salaries for engineers are around 50-60K in good job market these days

 

I don't know how you study to be a doctor in the US but in Canada you need to get a bachelors degree first and go to grad school to be a doctor. Any one of the above professions would do

 

Architecture is also grad studies. So you would need to get another degree first (in Canada anyways).

 

So if you are serious about a doctor. Biochem or biotech is a good way to do it. Because you get a degree and you are employable. You can then study in grad school after.

 

In order to make money in Psychology you need a PhD (everywhere I know of anyways).  So you have to be in for the long run

 

It's a big choice but those are all excellent opportunities. The best way to be successful at it is to pick something you like. But that's pretty darn difficult at your age because you don't really know what that is.

 

Anyways good luck with you choices. We can talk off line if you would like.  I can't really advise you about studies in the US. But I can perhaps with career path since 100% of my customer base is in the USA and my wife and I spend a shit load of time getting those different degrees.

 

Pat

 

I have a lot of things to look into here. I will start off by saying I sucked at science in high school and that really confused me because everyone told me science and math go hand in hand... Yet I struggled. Science could never hold my attention. Anatomy and astronomy really interested me but in order to take any of those classes I had to have prerequisites of a lot of science classes that I didn't want to endure.

 

I'm very interested in talking further with you and/or your wife about this kind of thing because I feel like I need to make a decision sometime soon.

 

I ultimately am in for the long haul. If I need to get a PhD to be successful then that's what I need to do. I just want to be happy with what i'm doing and I want to make some money doing it.

 

 

Loadsa female architects over here Sam and we're seeing a lot more female Quantity Surveyours in Construction as well

 

Good to know! Thanks!

 

There's a lot of demand for programmers but with all the jobs being outsourced to India, it will be a lot of competition. Though if you get your experience, you'll pretty much guarantee a job somewhere.

Architecture engineering, I would say stay away unless you can guarantee yourself a job. My sister in law took a 4 year university, masters? I think. She had a tough time finding a job. She had amazing grades and she has an awesome personality.

Psychology? I can't really say anything about it. I don't know anything about the field.

Any Rn or hospital work pretty much guarantees you a job. Only thing is that the hours can be hectic, but the money is amazing.

It all comes down to what you love Sam. It seems to be you have more passions for programming by the sound of it. You have to be sure for yourself though.

 

To the core, I have a passion for math. These are the only jobs I've thought of. Maybe you guys can throw some other degrees out there so I have some more to think about. I like problem solving.

 

In my school, I took math 6 times. I was on Senior math my Sophomore year to give you guys an idea. Good with English too.

[TigerBurge 2,375]

If you want stability look into Industrial Engineering. I've got a couple of friends that are IEs. Good pay especially if you get into a big company with room to move up.

And I may be wrong buto industrial engineering is very heavy mathe based. They use formulas and studies to find out the mostop efficient way to do stuff.

[Capn_Underpants 401]

If you want stability look into Industrial Engineering. I've got a couple of friends that are IEs. Good pay especially if you get into a big company with room to move up.

And I may be wrong buto industrial engineering is very heavy mathe based. They use formulas and studies to find out the mostop efficient way to do stuff.

 

I'll look into that. Thanks for the suggestion!

[McNasty 260]

Hi Sam, plenty of things I'd like to point out here.

 

If you like math and are very good at it - look at being an actuary.  If you're good with statistics and modeling, actuaries have good demand and they make very good money.  For the fields you are interested in you should be thankful to a certain extent that you are a female.  Many companies will hire you just because you're female.  It is what it is, and I see it all the time.  There is a huge push for women to get into STEM jobs (science, technology, engineering, mathematics).  That's a good thing for you.  You really can't go "wrong' here.

 

From the little bit that I know here from your post, if you really like programming that is EXACTLY where I would focus if I were you.  I don't care what anyone says......companies are not outsourcing these jobs to India because people do not like working with Indians or foreigners half a globe away.  The only stuff that gets shipped overseas is the rudimentary crap that anyone with basic skills can do.  Outsourcing was so 2000.  I know this, because I'm an IT consultant that works with companies from the Fortune 50 enterprise space down to SMB.  I've contracted out all sorts of developers for project work and permanent positions in these companies and I don't know any of them who care to deal with foreigners.  Good developers can work whenever they want, wherever they want, and can fetch a good penny.  The contractor market is huge for development work.  Start with a large company to teach you the ropes, get really good at certain languages and frameworks (I'd focus on everything open source), and then go off on your own and do whatever you want whenever you want.  What has driven IT spend in the past 20 years has all been infrastructure.  Everything today and in the future, is moving to software.  Infrastructure will be gobbled up by colos and the "cloud"- but software will never go away.  Software is everything, and smart people need to code it.

 

Everyone that I know who was a psychology or journalism major wasted their money on those degrees.  Not saying that you don't have the passion to be one of the few who succeeds because I wouldn't know otherwise, but those degrees are "fun", but ultimately amount to nothing.  Thats the statistics as I've seen them.

 

Architecture is another "fun" job that pays squat (statistically considering all who go down this route).  There are plenty of other engineering jobs that pay better with far more stability and job benefits.

 

Nursing is a fantastic career depending on your circumstances.  My wife is a nurse, and before we had kids she worked 2 12 hour shifts (saturday and sunday), and got paid for 40 hours of work.  24 hours of work, get paid for 40 with full benefits - not a bad gig.  At the same time, nurses don't make a lot of money but you can't beat the flexibility.  I have 2 kids and my wife works 2 shifts a month.  She doesn't need to work but she likes to stay "in the game" and I appreciate not having to own responsibility for all the bills and whatnot.  Name one other job where you can pick and choose how much you work depending on life circumstances.....  Nursing is a great job for anyone that wants to have kids.

 

I'm just glad you didn't say you liked art and wanted to be a liberal arts major.  Might as well build a fire out of Benjamins for all those degrees are worth!

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Good post Mac and the only one I'd disagree with is Architecture. Whilst we joke that an architect is an engineer with their brain removed, nothing bigger than a single storey house would get built without an architect. All the magnificent buildings, ancient and modern, you see around the world were conceived by an architect

Over here, the architect is the lead in the proffesional team (designers, services engineers, structural engineers, etc), is the contact with the end client, interpreting their "vision" for the build, and instructing the construction company.

May not be the best paying job in the world (unless you're right at the top), and your patience and people skills need to be sound, but I imagine it must be pretty satisfying....... providing you don't mind having your brain removed

[Corey the Kiwi 83]

I was in your boat last year so I know how hard it can be narrowing it down to what you want to do; especially now so that everyone crams down the idea that money is the most important thing.

Tommy's post was accurate to my decision making process. I was deciding out of medicine and a BSc in sport and exercise science. I decided against medicine as I would only be doing it for the money and exercise science is where my true passion is. It was a great decision; I am learning about what I enjoy and it also has a large amount of medicine within it as well so I am getting part of that aspect.

Anyway, before I ramble on I'd just emphasise doing what you'd enjoy learning about and working within rather than going after something just for the money. Obviously there are smart decisions you have to make when considering future prospects, but, a lot of first year stuff is quite general for the majority of courses and you start to specialise in second/third year plus. This leaves area to change your mind and if you choose an area that you are interested in I am sure you will find pathways to careers you never considered (which has happened to me).

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[cyberninja2601 1,106]

Good post Mac and the only one I'd disagree with is Architecture. Whilst we joke that an architect is an engineer with their brain removed, nothing bigger than a single storey house would get built without an architect. All the magnificent buildings, ancient and modern, you see around the world were conceived by an architect

Over here, the architect is the lead in the proffesional team (designers, services engineers, structural engineers, etc), is the contact with the end client, interpreting their "vision" for the build, and instructing the construction company.

May not be the best paying job in the world (unless you're right at the top), and your patience and people skills need to be sound, but I imagine it must be pretty satisfying....... providing you don't mind having your brain removed

 

All true except for the brains part. I know Dave is kidding but being an architect is actually quite demanding.

 

I think you can see a trend however with picking something you love. I said like because I find it hard to "love" a job. I like my work but I wouldn't say I love it. 

 

Also you should think as a degree as something to use initially to open doors. The more you get along in life the less the specific degree matters. People will still ask for a degree in a lot of cases but there might be a lot of flexibility with what that degree is.

 

For example my wife has degree's in Microbiology, medicine, interior design and architecture. She started her career designing maternity wards in Canadian hospitals. Her parents wanted her to be a doctor, she didn't and she still made it work. We was specifically picked for the job because she was female and had a medical background. She went back to school to become an architect. She was working as a researcher at the sick kids hospital in Toronto before going back to school. 

 

She's now a program manager for the city of Ottawa. You need a degree for the position, but it can be engineering, architecture, communicates or business admin (probably some others as well). She happens to love that job.

 

My point, the degrees she has have nothing to do with what she is doing specifically but without the degrees she would not qualify for the job

 

What I've told my kids is pick something you like and you happen to be good at. 

 

Seems like math is your thing, that's a start. Engineer and Achitecture are pretty scientific. In architecture you have a fair amount of mechanical engineering and structures to study.

 

Also because you are female, your teachers might have been bias against you in science. I see it often. The stereo type is that girls aren't good at math and science (which is bullshit) but teachers fail horribly and teaching females (even when they are females themselves). 

 

I think big data, actuary science and accounting would be worth a look. 

 

My son is doing commerce and has the opportunity to get accounting with  a few extra credits. He's extremely strong in math but doesn't like science.

 

My niece is doing actuary science. She tutors university math and is outstanding at math. She happens to like her program.

 

Something else you might want to look at is programs the offer a co-op option. I'm not sure how big that is in the US. But co-op allows a student to go to school and work a number of workterms as part of their programs. It's like being an intern every 4 months once you start.

 

It allows you to make money (because you are paid for the work terms) it also allows you to go to a pretty diverse employer base to see if you would like to do certain things. 

[Capn_Underpants 401]

I have read these posts over and over again.

 

Accounting has interested me before. But again, how will I know if I like it or not? I have never taken an accounting class before.

 

I also thought about being a Pharmacist. That is probably more science then math, but the job does interest me. 

 

I have a lot to think about. I appreciate all of the posts so far, you guys are helping me.

[TigerBurge 2,375]

I have a friend and a cousin that recently graduated from pharmacy school. If that's something that interest you there is some serious $$$ in it. Plus one of my cousins wives was a pharmacist then took a job with Pfizer and is now a regional VP. She makes close to double what he does and he's a vascular surgeon

[Capn_Underpants 401]

I have a friend and a cousin that recently graduated from pharmacy school. If that's something that interest you there is some serious $$$ in it. Plus one of my cousins wives was a pharmacist then took a job with Pfizer and is now a regional VP. She makes close to double what he does and he's a vascular surgeon

 

I'd be lying if I said the money didn't interest me. I'm all about the money. But I don't want to be miserable. I just have to find the right balance.

[cyberninja2601 1,106]

I don't know what the US requirements are for  Pharmacist, but in Canada it's a graduate degree which means you need to get another degree first. You might want to check into that to make the right selection. In Canada it doesn't matter what the degree is, it could be accounting for all they care but you need that first degree to get in pharmacy school and usually you need to write an aptitude test. 

 

Obviously a science degree would prepare you better for that.

 

If you aren't sure about what to do, why don't you take a few classes in order to prepare? For example an accounting class.

 

Anyways you are often on PSN when I am. You could send a party invite and I'll respond if I can. It's probably easier to chat, unless you want others to see the response and then add their opinion.

 

Unfortunately I am well equipped to discuss US degrees specifically. However everyone in the family has a professional degree and a number of kids who are in University studying a lot of these programs. 

 

It's up to you. 

[Capn_Underpants 401]

I don't know what the US requirements are for  Pharmacist, but in Canada it's a graduate degree which means you need to get another degree first. You might want to check into that to make the right selection. In Canada it doesn't matter what the degree is, it could be accounting for all they care but you need that first degree to get in pharmacy school and usually you need to write an aptitude test. 

 

Obviously a science degree would prepare you better for that.

 

If you aren't sure about what to do, why don't you take a few classes in order to prepare? For example an accounting class.

 

Anyways you are often on PSN when I am. You could send a party invite and I'll respond if I can. It's probably easier to chat, unless you want others to see the response and then add their opinion.

 

Unfortunately I am well equipped to discuss US degrees specifically. However everyone in the family has a professional degree and a number of kids who are in University studying a lot of these programs. 

 

It's up to you. 

 

Always happy to chat, whether it's about school or not.

 

I'm not quite sure how it works here in the US. I'll have to read about these things.

[BB205 11]

These are all great posts. I wish someone had given me better advice when picking a college major. Everyone said pick something you are interested but not is there actually good paying jobs for what you are interested in. 

 

As far as psychology and social work, the pay sucks ass unless you're willing to go all the way and get your doctoral degree.  

 

I completely agree. Unless you have a passion for helping people and don't mind not having much money I'd recommend staying away from this field without an advanced degree. I almost changed my major to psychology because I really enjoyed it and felt I was good at it but glad I didn't. I have a couple friends who graduated with a BA in psychology and only one is still doing it. The rest got burnt out from the emotional aspect of social work and the low pay. The friend still doing social work lives pay check to pay check just barely getting by.  Getting a state job will usually get you a little better pay and good benefits but there is still the burn out factor. 

 

Today you really can't go wrong studying anything to do with STEM (science, technology, engineering and math). It opens up so many doors for you with a science or engineering degree. You may not end up in the exact type of job as your major but companies like to see that you know how to "think like an engineer" or "think like a scientist". That is what you learn in school. The rest of the job specifics you learn with on the job training. I'm kind of paraphrasing what Mr Owl once told me when he was talking about how he majored in chemical engineering in college but his job now is more manufacturing engineering.  So he can chime in here if there is anything I'm missing.

[The3rdWalker 1,271]

My wife has her bachelors in Psychology, and me a degree in architecture. Both sit in a closet as we work for medical corporations- her in operations and me in automation/ it. I don't suggest either fields right now. School alone sucked any joy I had of being an architect.

[Capn_Underpants 401]

These are all great posts. I wish someone had given me better advice when picking a college major. Everyone said pick something you are interested but not is there actually good paying jobs for what you are interested in. 

 

 

I completely agree. Unless you have a passion for helping people and don't mind not having much money I'd recommend staying away from this field without an advanced degree. I almost changed my major to psychology because I really enjoyed it and felt I was good at it but glad I didn't. I have a couple friends who graduated with a BA in psychology and only one is still doing it. The rest got burnt out from the emotional aspect of social work and the low pay. The friend still doing social work lives pay check to pay check just barely getting by.  Getting a state job will usually get you a little better pay and good benefits but there is still the burn out factor. 

 

Today you really can't go wrong studying anything to do with STEM (science, technology, engineering and math). It opens up so many doors for you with a science or engineering degree. You may not end up in the exact type of job as your major but companies like to see that you know how to "think like an engineer" or "think like a scientist". That is what you learn in school. The rest of the job specifics you learn with on the job training. I'm kind of paraphrasing what Mr Owl once told me when he was talking about how he majored in chemical engineering in college but his job now is more manufacturing engineering.  So he can chime in here if there is anything I'm missing.

 

 

My wife has her bachelors in Psychology, and me a degree in architecture. Both sit in a closet as we work for medical corporations- her in operations and me in automation/ it. I don't suggest either fields right now. School alone sucked any joy I had of being an architect.

 

Thanks guys.

 

I think I've ruled out Psychology and Architecture.

 

It would be nice to have a degree just like Mrs Owl said that has to do with STEM.

 

This thread is really helping me, I'm seeing more clearly now so thank you guys for all of the posts and keep them coming.

[cyberninja2601 1,106]

Hi Sam,

 

Nice talking to you today.

 

I'm just throwing this out there but how about a degree in computer animation? You said you were artistic and you so seem to have an aptitude for math and computers. 

 

It's a growing field in marketing, social media, TV, movies and video games. 

 

Being a female gamer might be a advantageous because there are so few of them.

[Capn_Underpants 401]

Hi Sam,

 

Nice talking to you today.

 

I'm just throwing this out there but how about a degree in computer animation? You said you were artistic and you so seem to have an aptitude for math and computers. 

 

It's a growing field in marketing, social media, TV, movies and video games. 

 

Being a female gamer might be a advantageous because there are so few of them.

 

I've never thought about doing that kind of stuff before! But I'll look into it! It was nice talking to you too.

[BB205 11]

I highly recommend Full Sail University in Orlando, FL for computer animation and game design. If you want to go that route. http://www.fullsail.edu/

 

I graduated from there in 1999 with a AS in Film and Video. I thought the school was awesome then but from what I've heard it has just exploded in awesomeness since. Top of the line everything. No fluff classes, just hands on with the latest technology. Teachers are all people active in their field not just professional teachers. Get ready to work though. Between classes and labs it is like a full time job and hands on labs are held 24 hours a day. But you end up not caring about going to school at 5am because you are doing such cool stuff. 

 

Ok, now I will step off my soap box. It some ways it was best 2 years of my life. So I'm kind of biased.

[Sennex 1,903]

Full Sail is a competitor to the School I work for, and while I think they are better, I will caution you on attending there, as the debt you can incur is insane.

 

They are a For profit school (just like my employer), and they charge outrageous prices. We used to exchange a ton of information back and forth on retention rates, tuition costs, Student leads and prospects, etc...

 

I haven't spoken to my counterparts there for a bit (Not since July), but the last time we compared tuition prices, they were charging about 23000$ -> 25000$. (If you attend on site, and have to pay room and board, this cost goes way the fuck up)

 

This site is actually fairly accurate still. 

 

http://www.collegefactual.com/colleges/full-sail-university/paying-for-college/#

 

If you want Sam, I can link you to a forum where people help map out the best and cheapest way to get an Accredited degree.

 

My wife was able to get an AS in Disaster Recovery, AS in Human Resources, and BA in Accounting (focus on CPA, but she stopped before getting her Masters), in two years.

 

She worked full time, while doing this.

 

I can go into more detail on how she did it if you want. 

 

Regardless of where you attend, just PLEASE take my advice when I say AVOID FOR PROFIT SCHOOLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!