I am 22 and make $52,000 as a first year consultant at the World Bank. I hope to initiate my M.S. in 4-5 years and get done with it in 2 years. That makes it about 7 years from today. Average post-graduation salary for the school I wish to get my M.S. from is roughly $95,000. The range is $82,000 - $139,000. Assuming I make the lower portion of that, and get 3% raise per year, I'll be making ~ $90,000. This is just random thoughts though. Nothing is certain. I most likely will get involved in the management of our family company back home in Turkey. In that case, I'll be making a portion of what the company makes that year, so its all relative of company performance. The board has 8 members at the moment with one of my uncles as the chairman: my father, 3 uncles, 2 aunts and 3 cousins... :thumbsup: