<prompt> Human: Im currently a 21 year old businessHR student and will be a senior, completing my Bachelors in May of 2019. Ive been working a part time internship with a Fortune 500 company for the past year and recently started a full-time internship for the summer with the same company. They have a very strong hire and develop within mindset which is great for me. I will more than likely 90 sure receive an offer for full time employment with a salary of 55-60k and a 2k signing bonus once my internship has completed Im in HR so I have a little more information on compensation.Here is where things get a little difficult for me - if I accept this offer and decide to get my MBA sometime in the future and have them help pay for it, I will not receive a pay increase for holding an MBA because they helped pay for it. If I deny this offer, I will still be working part-time with the same company while completing my MBA and will also be considered for future summer internships while completing my MBA. Once my MBA is completed and I hopefully receive a full-time offer, the offer will be 75-80k with a 4k signing bonus.The MBA programs Im looking at will be around 15-24 months and Im not looking to pay more than 30k most likely 20k if I pick my preferred program. I will more than likely be taking out around 10k in loans and the other 10-20k will be paid for with scholarshipsself-funded. My bachelors debt will only be around 5k so nothing too crazy.Im just looking for some general career advice and some possible real-life successfailure stories with obtaining an MBA. It seems like a no brainer for me considering the substantial pay increase starting out but would like to hear other opinions.TL;DR - Is an MBA worth the extra 2 years for increased pay?  <response>: If you want a MBA go get several years of work experience first. The payoff for immediate MBAs at cheaper, lower ranking schools isnt great. Few places really want to spend much hiring a MBA with zero management experience.Now a top MBA program were you and your peers have lots of real world experience to draw upon and improve, while making connections with lots of other fast rising and ambitious students is extremely valuable. So take the 60k job, work your tail off for 24 months and odds either you can get a big raise from them or you can move elsewhere for 80k even without a further degree. Save the MBA for when you hit a wall and need something else to move above being a mid level manager. 