Which is worth more?

I will be receiving a City & Guilds (GCGI) soon. If I achieve this Award it is said I can enter into a Masters Degree program in the UK. The problem I have is several people have told me a UK Degree is not the same as obtaining an American degree.

I disagree. I think that a UK postgraduate degree will be fine, especially since you're genuinely British and don't have to explain that no, you've never actually been to the UK, you just have a degree from there.

My question is: If I get my GCGI, will I be better served by going for a British Masters Degree or continue with achieving my Indiana State University Bachelors? My intent is to use whatever degree I get in the USA for employment.

Many Americans are unduely impressed by British things. I say go for the UK degree.

(The only exception would be if you wish to lecture at American universities, in which case I think an American Master's would be more useful.)

-=Steve=-

 

Re: Not a UK citizen.

Oh, sorry, I made too made assumptions. We're in the same boat then, as I'm looking at a UK postgraduate program even though I'm an American who lives off and on in the US and the Caribbean.

I'm choosing my program based more on my interest in it and its expense than I am how useful it would be for employment. However, I expect that a UK degree would be reasonably well received in the US, and I know for sure they're prized in the Caribbean.

I suppose it depends on which school. I'd think that a degree from Oxford would be worth more to you than one from Podunk State University, and one from Thames Valley would be worth less than one from Dartmouth.

-=Steve=-