career change

I would not recommend anyone going to any school to make $ - if you don't have a passion for what you do, it's but a matter of time before you'll want to change 'scenery' again.

"Do you have the patience to wait
till your mud settles and the water is clear?
Can you remain unmoving
till the right action arises by itself?"
-Tao Te Ching

What do you WANT to do? What drives you? What's your passion? Ideally you should combine what interests you with a career in that field. Why did you leave IT in 2001?

To get another degree and expect to make $60k may not be possible and downright impossible unless you invest a significant amount of time into the right education and training and then, with a heapful of luck, might you land that job down the road.

 

Social Work

If you already have a psychology degree then here's another option I'll throw out:

Go for an MSW (Masters in Social Work) and seek a job with the Veterans Administration. VA social workers start out around 50-70k depending on area and experience. Or get the degree and move to the UK where social workers are in demand and the pay will be the equivalent to the VA in the US. Some employers over there will even throw in a housing allowance they're that desperate.

 

Personally I believe project management would work well. A Psychology degree can readily be demonstrated as focusing on the soft skills relevant to personnel understanding, motivation, and management. The trick from there is to tie in previous work to a field that can make 60k. Starting salaries for PMs can easily hit that mark. If you can handle the work I suggest the MBA-PM from Mississippi State. While working on the degree, go to PMI and look at the areas you will need for the PMP. Start pulling relevant work history from your experience and put a plan together. IT PM is a little tougher in that you must be able to focus on technology (specific or broad-based) and demonstrate a competence in completing projects. Projects that come in under budget and ahead of time will readily make you beneficial to a company. Since your bachelors is in Psychology I believe adding the MBA and a PMP would make you a good fit for working on projects related to human resources, either automated systems, or human capital planning. Don't throw away your experience but rather find a means to make it relevant to your new career goal.

Best of luck