I'll answer. I graduated from an IR program that was top 10 when I attended (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inside_the_Ivory_Tower). I've had an... interesting career. None of it really related to my MA. My salary is okay, but I definitely don't make more than most of my friends who only have bachelor's degrees. I work in technology now, and have basically have resigned myself to simply being a corporate cog (hence my user name) for the rest of my life. I feel like unless you are at one of the big names on the East Coast, IR degrees are not a great value proposition (and even the East Coast programs are wildly expensive.)
I don't have a terrible job, and I make a fair amount of money, but watching my friends with bachelor's degrees only zip by me salary-wise is galling, and makes me question why I gave up two years and tons of income potential for a degree that has basically become an extended bachelor's on the job market.