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How many associate's degrees would it take to look as impressive/qualified as a person with a bachelor's degree? How many bachelor's degrees would it take to look as impressive/qualified as a person with a master's degree?
Obviously a person with 20 associate's degrees looks more educated and impressive than someone with 1 bachelor's degree, but where can you draw the line? (3 associates=1 bachelor's, 4 associate's=1 bachelor's, etc.)
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If you have 20 Associates degrees then you have a shitload of money to spend and 40 years of school under your belt; call me crazy but that's a bit ridiculous. If you have one Bachelor's degree it shows that you have direction and know what you want.
I know in the NYPD you need at least an Associates degree to become a police officer and if you ever want to go above P.O in rank then you need a Bachelors degree. If you want to go into federal law enforcement then you need at least a Bachelors. Iam just citing these as examples, but my main point is that you might as well go get a 4 year bachelor's degree because it's becoming the minimum in a lot of places for when you want to be considered to be promoted and you never know when your priorities will change and you won't have time for school to finish your bachelor's degree and you'll be stuck with an Associates. You might as well just go ahead and find what really interests you and get a BA or BS in it while you're still young. Figure if you go to college right out of HS at 18 you'll have your Bachelors by 22, that's very young and you won't have to worry about school anymore unless you really want/need a Masters.
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I definitely agree with the others. Apart from that someone who took 20 associate or bachelor degrees looks indecisive, he also does not posses the same level of expertise within a given field when compared to a master's degree.
If you take a business degree for example (since I know something about this), what you usually learn in your bachelors is essentially a bit of everything. You get some marketing, accounting, finance, strategy etc. In the masters you choose your focus and go very much into depth on that.
The only time I can think of where multiple lower level degrees would be an advantage is when the job has very different sets of requirements. However, even then one needs a certain match between the degrees (i.e. to fulfil a certain purpose), so it still does not boil down to simple numbers. For example I have known engineers who have chosen to take business degrees to supplement their education.
Also the person below is right. Usually its your highest degree that counts. Often it is also the only one listed after your name on things like business cards.
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They don't add up at all, sorry. A person with 20 associate's degrees just looks rediculous, everyone would ask you why the hell you didn't get a bachelor's degree or assume you're afraid of higher level classes. When companies post jobs, they'll indicate whether a bachelor's degree is required, they never say "or four associate's degrees" because that won't meet their requirement. Same goes for that master's question. You're really talking apples and oranges here. If you want to look impressive, get a bachelor's degree and a master's and don't worry about doubling up on random stuff because the highest degree you've earned matters a lot more than how many you've gotten.
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Actually, a person with 20 associate's degrees looks indecisive...
It all depends upon what you're getting into. You can't make a couple of associate's degrees equal a master's degree, because obviously they cover different territory. Usually, the longer you spend on ONE degree, the better it's thought of.
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