Working professionals can successfully complete a Master's degree while employed full-time

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Is it true that working professionals can successfully complete a Master's degree while employed full-time?

Yes. Evidence from academic literature demonstrates that working professionals can successfully pursue and complete graduate and Master's degrees while maintaining full-time employment.

Verdict: SUPPORTED · 2 sources for, 0 against · Last checked 4 Aug 2026

The analysis

The retrieved papers include direct empirical evidence and program evaluations demonstrating that working professionals successfully undertake and complete graduate-level education while remaining employed. Paper [1] describes an online graduate professional degree program for working learners, and Paper [3] reports that 88% of Master of Public Health graduates were employed full-time during their studies. No papers contradict this claim.

Evidence for · 2

WORKING PROFESSIONALS AS PART-TIME ONLINE LEARNERS

2000

Drexel University successfully developed and implemented a completely online graduate professional degree program tailored for working professionals.

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Hislop, G. (2000). WORKING PROFESSIONALS AS PART-TIME ONLINE LEARNERS. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.24059/olj.v4i2.1902

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Graduates feedback on the master of public health program in the United Arab Emirates: a mixed method study.

2025

A study of Master of Public Health graduates found that 88% of respondents successfully completed their graduate studies while being employed full-time.

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I, E., I, E., LA, A., AT, R., P, M., MS, P., M, G., & J, N. (2025). Graduates feedback on the master of public health program in the United Arab Emirates: a mixed method study.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1717098

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