Hello, I’m new on this forum and posted this on the decisions forum and didn’t get comments so I wanted to also ask here. I am sorry about the redundancy
Hi everyone, I finish my undergraduate degree this may. I wanted some feedback because I am debating which program to commit to as the April 14 deadline is coming closer. I was accepted to the comparative literature phd program at the cuny graduate center with full funding. I have also been accepted to teachers college Columbia for an EdD in curriculum and instruction with no funding except 20k the first year.
I am worried about the financial burden of the edd, but I am reading that the degree from tc seems to hold prestige when looking at jobs versus the rank of the program at GC. I am also stressed about the job security with a comp lit phd. I just needed an outsider viewpoint on the decision as I am wracking my brain and the deadline is coming closer
Would there be more payoff in the future to get my EdD from teachers college? Due to the Columbia prestige vs a degree from cuny gc’s comp lit program?should I just wait and reapply in the fall? I was interested in both the education and lit programs and applied to both degrees
Any advice and comments are helpful, thank you so much