At institutions that offer terminal Master's degrees or Ph.D.s in the same
areas, is there a difference in the quality of students that are admitted to
two types of degree programs?

Payam Heidary wrote:

> It does NOT matter whether you have a
> Ph.D. or Master's.

> What makes you qualified and what should determine
> your pay is NOT which TYPE of degree you hold (MA vs.
> Ph.D.) but instead what you put into getting the
> degree (QUALITY of the degree) while you were working
> to earn it. For example, there are people who have
> published more and have more teaching experiences with
> a Master's degree than some people do with Ph.D.'s.
> This is what I mean about the QUALITY rather than the
> TYPE of degree that really matters. This is another
> big MYTH in our field about types of degrees
> mattering.

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