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With educational opportunities evolving so rapidly, the choice of a graduate program requires introspection and considerable research.

People entering medicine or law, whose need for degree is obvious, face new decisions about what studies will enhance their careers. Some 20 per cent of the nation's medical schools now sponsor dual M.D/ M.B.A. programs. These programs prepare doctors to become involved in hospital or HMO management, or to create their own health care companies. Besides dual degrees, a growing number of law schools offer certificate programs in specialty areas like alternative dispute resolution.

One force that propels many people into graduate school is the desire for more money. According to the Census Bureau, doctors, lawyers, and people with M.B.A. degrees earned an average of '95,148, more than twice the '40,478 earned by workers with only a bachelor's degree. Someone with a doctorate brought home '77,445, on average; someone with a master's, '51,183.

The numbers are compelling, and certain professions clearly pay more handsomely than others. But researchers caution that an unknown portion of the income differential between those with a master's or Ph.D. and those with a bachelor's degree is explained by personality and ability—and that an advanced degree won't automatically make up for a lack in those areas. Because people who go on to graduate school are often more driven and gifted than the average college graduate.

“If you sent them on an around-the-world cruise for the next few years, you might find similar income gains,” says Robert Reischauer, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C.

Prospective students thus need to assess both their abilities and the dynamics of the job market that interests them for clues about whether immediate schooling will pay off and which type of program confers the greatest advantages.