“A graduate degree can benefit you financially in some circumstances, but it is a very risky proposition,” Preston Cooper, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, told the Washington Post. “You want to make sure you are working with all the information.”

Graduate degrees pay off for doctors, pharmacists and lawyers, but others may want to think twice.

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The return on investment for graduate degrees varies widely depending on the field a student pursues, according to new research by the Postsecondary Education & Economics Research Center at American University.

U.S. News compared graduate schools in Florida and around the country, producing individual rankings across many different disciplines. UCF’s Homeland/National Security and Emergency Management Graduate Program was named No. 1 in the country for the third year in a row.

For a graduate degree in education, NC State University ranks the highest among North Carolina schools at 26th best in the country. NC State is tied at 26th with the Ohio State University, University of Delaware, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, University of Missouri and University of South Carolina.

The report found advanced degrees in social work and psychology may have a zero to negative return, while medicine, law and pharmacy degrees show the highest return.