Top 5 Postgraduate Courses

So you’ve finished you undergraduate work and it’s time to get serious about deciding which postgraduate course will steer the direction of the rest of your life. It may help you to know what everyone else is doing. The top 5 postgraduate courses based on popularity and future earning potential are:

1. Master of Business Administration; This postgraduate course of study is without a doubt top of the list in business and it ranks highly in the overall listing of favorite postgraduate courses. The MBA affords the graduate outstanding financial prospects as well as a degree that is easily applied across multiple industries.
2. Master of Management; Many non-business graduates who want a higher degree in business enroll in the Master of Management. This is usually a two-year program but can sometimes be taken as a one-year program after a business diploma. This flexibility is a big reason for the popularity of this postgraduate course.
3. Master of Resource and Environmental Planning; The MRP post graduate course is perfect for those people who want to work at the highest levels of professional planning practice. It enables students to assume a leadership role in a variety of fields from planning to policy making, economic development, nature conservation and international development. With increasing focus on environmental planning across all industries this is an attractive high growth sector.
4. Master of Arts; It’s the natural pathway for BAs who want to continue to study but aren’t prepared for a specialization. The versatility of a Master of Arts in terms of the range of Majors is what ranks this postgraduate course high on the list of favorite postgraduate courses. These may include among many others majors in:

• Master of Arts (Defense and Strategic Studies)
• Master of Arts (Economics)
• Master of Arts (Education)
• Master of Arts (Emergency Management)
• Master of Arts (History)
• Master of Arts (Midwifery)
• Master of Arts (Politics)
• Master of Arts (Psychology)
• Master of Arts (Social Policy)
• Master of Arts (Sociology)

Not all students aspiring to take postgraduate courses will be looking toward a Master’s degree. There are huge ranges of postgraduate courses offering certificates or diplomas that are, in certain industries, even more sought after than the Master’s degree. Postgraduate certificates and diplomas are programs of professional education aimed at people who wish to gain specific knowledge and education in their area, or others who wish to enter the profession by way of endorsement. 

5. Certificate and Diploma postgraduate courses; These are often courses that afford students very specific skills for particular jobs. They are so popular because the courses are tailored to fit the specific needs of industry and are often developed in collaboration with those industries. That makes these postgraduate courses extremely relevant to the current marketplace. Some of the more popular of these are:

• Postgraduate Certificate in Arts (PGCertArts)
• Postgraduate Diploma in Arts (PGDipArts)
• Postgraduate Diploma in Development Studies (PGDipDevStud)
• Postgraduate Diploma in Museum Studies (PGDipMusStud)
• Postgraduate Diploma in Science (PGDipSc)
• Postgraduate Diploma in Social Sector Evaluation Research (PGDipSSER)
• Postgraduate Diploma in Planning (PGDipPlan)

Deciding where to go after undergraduate study can be one of the most difficult decisions you’ll ever have to make. The postgraduate course choices you make today will determine the course of career and let’s face it, that’s a huge component of life. While the decision is important most postgraduate courses do offer some crossover into other fields so if you choose based on what your good at and enjoy most you probably will not be too stuck in one field that you can’t transfer to another later if you change your mind.