MTM in Top 10 of Highest Paying Master Degrees

by Elizabeth Acebu

Great news for MTM students and graduates.  According to Payscale, the Master of Technology Management (MTM) degree is one of the most valuable Master’s Degrees that you can earn -- in fact it is in the top 10 of Master’s degrees that pay you back.  The MTM degree comes in at #8 on the list, with a significantly higher starting and mid-career salary as compared with the traditional MBA at #66. The overall return on investment on the UC Santa Barbara MTM is also much higher because of the concentrated 9-month duration of the program. Even more, the UC Santa Barbara MTM costs about half of what many MBAs do in terms of the cost of attendance.  Lower up-front investment and higher earning potential is a win-win in anyone’s book.  And you don’t need to go to business school to figure that one out.