Question - age you went back to college and type of job you have.

I'm interested to hear at what age people went back to school and for what reason along with the type of job you currently have now.

I went back to school for my BS after two AS degrees at 43 years old. 5 classes from my BS that corporate America is saying I need in spite of 23 years of experience, but I know this will pay off in the long run. I hold a management job in a F500 company.

I'm assuming I am not alone. Thanks is advance for any feedback.

 

Interesting thread.

Went back to finish BA and get an MBA at 37.

Senior Director (143 reports)

F100 company FORTUNE magazine – one of “The Most Admired Companies in America.”

 

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Senior Engineering & Construction Project Manager - Heavy Industrial Projects

 

I initially went back to school at age 38 and obtained my BS at 40. I am 1/2 way through an MBA at 43.

Still a Staff level engineer with no desire to have direct reports (other than project management). At least I can read and understand a financial statement and prepare a useable budget.

 

Mr. Engineer, you’ve got an eye for quality of life. I thought having reports was the definition of success, but now wish every day I had stayed on the technical side of things.

 

direct reports........

responses to my initial thread might take on a life of thier own.

I have 30 direct reports. The BS when complete this year will be nothing more than another few papers in my file at my current job. If they ( Corp. America ) decide that I'm at that age and at that salary I'm sure they can find a reason to cut my job. I've seen it too many times done to others. That's where the degree will help finding something else.

Also, I have internal credentials up the ying yang. Six Sigma Black Belt. PMI / PMP Certification, 80 to 200 hours a year of corporate training including being a general manager to name a few.

Do you think the day of someone like me and others making it to this point without at least a four year degree has come to an end?...I'm going to continue towards my Masters but I really don't know if I have the energy to complete it in a timely manner.

 

I'm the director of IT for a family-owned credit reporting and collections company. I've got 3 direct reports, and I decided to go back to school at 25. I stumbled through a campus-based semester, then transferred to the University of Wyoming's BSBA Online Degree Completion program. I graduated in December, just 10 days before I turned 29. I'd tell you I went back to school to boost my earnings potential or advance my career, but originally, I went back because I was jealous of my wife-to-be (and now wife) when she hung her BA diploma on our apartment wall. Before that, I didn't really worry about going back to school all that much. That's a really flimsy (and petty) reason to want to go back to school, but in my case, it was all I needed.

 

After working as a community service/crime prevention office for a large sheriff's department and taking a few classess here and there, I became a full-time student at 26, completed my associates at 28, my bachelors at 29 my masters at 30 and my doctorate at 44. I have been in the field of instructional technology since 1987 and currently work full-time as an administrator (Coordinator of Learning Technologies) for a state university. I also develop and teach online graduate courses for a private regionally accredited university.

Degreeinfo has been a source of both entertainment and cutting-edge information for my professional use.

Tony Piña

 

I was 26, 32, 42 and 60.
I just today received my score for the last test I needed to finish my BS at COSC. It just took me 44 years.
The stock market has changed my status. I was retired but now I am just unemployed

 

Let's see.......I went on an academic hiatus from Ohio State University (due to a back injury) in 2000...which put me at "26".

In 2002/2003, I enrolled into Excelsior College to finish my B.S. (which I was ~28), which I completed in 2004 before my 30th b-day.

I directly enrolled into Excelsior's MLS graduate program at 30...and should finish well before I am 32 years old.

Currently, I am a high school science teacher, teaching Earth/Space/Physical Sciences...and loving it!
(Before all this, I was an asst. manager in retail )

 

Started going part-time and working full-time at 27 years old.

AAS - 34
BS - 36
MS - 47

Lots of courses in between, mostly in software, electronics, and management. I work as a Controls Engineer for a Fortune 50 company.

 

I was 24 when I went back to school, 6 years after a less-than-stellar experience with a traditional B&M university.

 

Go back????? I have always been in.... seems like forever.

Between night school and part time status, I have always been in since high school (that long ago )

 

Picked up a few credits when I was 30. I haven't enrolled yet, but I'm going to TESC at the age of 40 to pursue my BA in Journalism. I am currently working as a reporter.

 

Earned BS at age 52, MS at 57 and another MS at 61.
Reason; Personal enrichment plus downturn (that never happened to me) in aerospace. Turns out my degrees help me sell my services as a consultant.
Lesson learned: You never know what your future job might be, so acquire a degree that might be of use in several occupations.

 

AA at 20
BS at 32
MBA at 68
PhD 75ish (completed 15 hours so far)

Currently teaching economics & management at a small Christian university in Oklahoma, and I love the challenge.

Bill H

 

Back to school at 40 and finnished the bachelor 42 years old.

 

I do so dislike answering this one...diploma in nursing at 31, BSN at 38, MPH at 44. PhD yet to be...

 

started college right out of HS, but took an extended Army break...finished my BA at 25. Attended a denominational school (non-degree granting) from 26-28 and started back for my first Masters at 33, and without finishing it (but still working on it) I started another Masters at 35.

clint

 

I feel like the "baby" of this forum ....

Started college after high school. Went to Europe during summer vacation after Sophmore year. Ended up staying in Europe. Preferred travelling to school. At 23, working as an IT Systems Engineer, I decided to "finally" finish my degree (although I see that my break was actually much shorter than others on this forum ) I did my first CLEPS and now I'm 24 and trying to arrange classes to fulfill the CIS requirements from Excelsior. Still loving life in Europe.

Brandon