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First, thank you SSJup81. Indeed, I can go back to America and teach normal native level junior high school or high school English. In fact, when I was in Korea teaching ESL, I was in negotiations with both Japanese schools/companies and Texas municipal school districts. I went ahead and went to Japan, and I do not regret it. That doesn't mean I can't teach elsewhere, or as I have in the past, worked as a reporter, in a marketing/PR firm, or in politics. There is much that an English degree, really a degree that might as well be considered communications, can do for you.

I started my teaching component before I settled on English, that's one of the reasons I spent $70K. I thought I wanted to be a music teacher and spent my first two years studying for a music education degree. When I changed to English, a lot of my credits didn't transfer from the music part of the equation, and in order to even graduate in five years, I had to take a lot of classes, including two summers. Those classes cost money.

And it's common knowledge that on average those with college degrees earn millions more than those without over the course of their working life.

The BAs in law are, as far as I can tell, introductory, preparatory, or law enforcement. They are not law degrees in the sense of lawyers. Which is what I think everyone would understand in normal conversation if you say you are pursuing a law degree. And neurologists are doctors. I don't know about the specific masters you refer to, but I personally wouldn't want that person anywhere near my head unless they had gone to general medical school.