Articles About Education

You’re working toward a bachelor’s degree and know you want to jump right into grad school after you graduate. Did you know there’s a way to get a head start on that master’s degree while you’re still an undergraduate student? It’s called an accelerated master’s program.

A master's degree allows you to gain specialized knowledge and can make you more competitive in the job market. Both a Master of Arts (MA) and Master of Science (MS) are graduate degrees that help you gain expertise in your field by providing in-depth learning beyond the bachelor’s degree.

Earning your bachelor's degree is an essential first step to becoming educated in your desired field, but you can take it further. A Master of Science (MS) degree is a graduate degree that contains different programs that fall within the business, healthcare, social sciences and STEM fields.

An undergraduate degree marks the first step on your higher education path. It describes two kinds of degrees: associate and bachelor’s degrees. By earning an undergraduate degree, you can better prepare yourself for a career or position yourself to attend graduate school.