MBA is more useful if you're looking to jump industries. It demonstrates that you have all-around capabilities and aren't just an expert in your field. My brother had a MS in Chemical Engineering, but decided he would get an MBA and quickly found himself in marketing for a major medical firm. The MBA opened the right door that his other degrees (he has 5) didn't.
So for overall mobility, I'd go with the MBA. Want to stick in IT, go MSIS.
manpreet
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2 years ago
I am considering going back to school for my masters and I've been looking at several avenues I can take. I've been considering either an MBA or an MSIS degree. Overall I know that an MBA is going to give me a solid skill set that can help me become an executive. However they seem to be a dime a dozen these days and the University I can get into is good, but it's not exactly in the top 100 anything. My undergrad MINOR was in Business Information Systems. I'm rusty as hell, considering I haven't touched it, but an MSIS would be more in the direction of my past academic experience and seems to touch both on business management and IT. Question...
With an MSIS will I just be a middleman? Will I really be an important person with a real skill set or will I merely be someone who isn't quite cut out to be a manager and who is clueless about the tech side?
Is an MSIS degree going to give me a real chance to move up the pay scale quickly or am I better off learning programming, networking through another BS degree?
What will give me more upward mobility career wise? An MBA or an MSIS?