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Highly technical jobs in television and broadcasting generally require advanced degrees, and if you want to go into upper-level management an MA or MFA is practically required. Because the TV and radio broadcasting industry is highly competitive, employers have their pick of candidates—and those with more training are more likely to get the job.

Earning your master's degree or master of fine arts degree puts you into an elite category and lets you stand out from the competition. Some job positions in program production include:

Video editor. You can learn a lot on the job and become proficient at nonlinear editing, but understanding the director's motivation and the producer's goals makes the television you edit stand above the usual fare. Through master's degree courses, you can become more than an assembler of footage and sound—you can touch, motivate, and entertain the audience. You can create art, if you know your job in this in-depth way.

Producer. TV and radio producers have a lot of responsibility: they're in charge of the most minute production elements, coordinate talent and staff, and ultimately decide what the audience will view and hear. Good producers create shows that bring a bigger audience and bigger revenues, so broadcasters are extremely picky when they hire producers. In recent years, Internet and web producers are becoming more in demand as entertainment moves from the airwaves and onto the Internet. If you dream of following the future, master web production skills.

Master control engineer. The control engineer keeps it all together, ensuring that live feeds, prerecorded segments, commercials, and scheduled programs all transmit smoothly. On the technical side, you need advanced training in all the equipment you use to do your job. On the human resources side, you need leadership skills so you can supervise crews—and teach them how to use the equipment to best advantage. On the creative side, a master's degree prepares you to perform at the highest levels.

Find out what a graduate degree in the arts means to an individual student by reading an interview with a Doctor of Musical Arts: Besty Stodola Anderson or expand your graduate school horizons through dual degree programs: MFA Plus MBA.

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