Well, I can say something from personal experience. I declined pursuing a Masters degree from a very respectable institution in a certain field because tuition would have been extremely high, I would’ve been paying off student loans for years and years, and the field itself is very rough right now, with very few job opportunities. So instead, I am currently pursuing a degree in a similar, yet more opportunistic field, though from a less- prestigious school, with drastically lower student loans. I just think in a field such as mine, where one needs a degree to be licensed altogether, having experience, recommendations, and a strong portfolio can help a lot more than a degree from a specific school.
