How lucrative is a masters degree in measurement/stats?

[ClinPsycMasters]

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There are some masters programs in psych/education departments, and they go by many names, like stats, research methodology, psychology research methods, measurement, etc etc.

These programs are research-intensive. Anybody graduate from such a program? What sort of jobs do you get with such a degree? I suppose you could get involved with research. On the clinical side, you could perhaps administer psych and educational testing.

I appreciate any info.

 

[nycegurl]

Well I don't have a degree in stats myself but this person I worked for has an EdM in Measurement. She worked as a director in the Research and Evaluation department at multiple non-profit organizations.

 

[Xararsis]

If you have the drive and the pre-requisites, I would shoot for a phd in measurement. There already is a huge demand for people specialized in measurement and the demand will only increase as more states are leaning towards standardized tests. For example, I live in Florida and know from one of my professors the huge shortage of staff to help with developing and altering the FCAT. The guy is a professor on top of having a number of consulting jobs. Great job opportunities if you like working with numbers.

 

[Therapist4Chnge]

Stats begins and ends with a Ph.D....at least to make decent/good money.

 

[ClinPsycMasters]

Thanks guys. I suppose it may be better for me to go for a computer science (as second major) degree than to get a master's in measurement. Because I can't go for a PhD in measurement, and I hear computer science let's you be more creative--which I love in a job--and you can probably make the same kind of money, if not more, as a master's grad in measurement.

 

[Therapist4Chnge]

Thanks guys. I suppose it may be better for me to go for a computer science (as second major) degree than to get a master's in measurement. Because I can't go for a PhD in measurement, and I hear computer science let's you be more creative--which I love in a job--and you can probably make the same kind of money, if not more, as a master's grad in measurement.

If you can program, understand database construction (SQL, Oracle, etc) AND understand the stats/research side, you can carve out a nice career. Programmers are a dime a dozen (and database specialists just slightly less common), but if you bring a skillset in addition to that....you'll jump higher on the list.

 

[ClinPsycMasters]

If you can program, understand database construction (SQL, Oracle, etc) AND understand the stats/research side, you can carve out a nice career. Programmers are a dime a dozen (and database specialists just slightly less common), but if you bring a skillset in addition to that....you'll jump higher on the list.

Well, you are probably right. To have all those skills is a definite plus indeed.

But what I was really thinking initially was to get a masters degree in measurement and work for some educational services or private industry (educational software development, etc). So I guess a masters in measurement in itself is not going bring in anything upwards of 60k/y which is my goal. 🙁