Invest in your future - Students applying to graduate school should do so with their eyes on the future, seeing further study as an investment in their own potential and not simply as a way to postpone the end of student life.
Upgrade Your Earning Potential - The accomplishment of an advanced degree also shows an initiative, ambition, and work ethic employers value and see as a meaningful opportunity.
Position Yourself for a Promotion/Raise - Along the same lines, earning your degree could be the move that positions you for a promotion or a raise in your current career or with your present organization.
Get more than a qualification - It’s frequently said that grad school is about much more than obtaining a few letters behind your name and a fancy piece of paper; it’s about developing yourself professionally so that you’re ready to enter the world of work.
Pursue your interests in more depth - Attending extracurricular activities and meetings, and hearing from guest speakers and lecturers as well as full-time faculty members you find interesting, is what makes grad school so diverse and multidisciplinary.
Contribute to the world’s knowledge - If you’re someone who wants to contribute to the world within any field, professionally or academically, you’re going to have to know your subject inside-out.
Make connections - While you may have locked yourself away in the darkest corner of the campus library during your years as an undergraduate, as a graduate degree student you’ll need to learn how to network like a pro by honing your ‘people skills.
Get academic recognition - International recognition is also a prospect for those who continue their research after graduation, and one day, who knows, you may well become a prominent expert in your field.
Work with the best - At grad school you’ll be surrounded by leading thinkers in your field – including both the faculty members and guest experts at the front of the lecture hall, and the fellow graduate students around you.
Gain an internationally recognizable qualification - Gaining a qualification that is recognized by employers around the world is incredibly important to many prospective graduate students.