As spring approaches many college seniors are anticipating graduation but questioning their future endeavors.  There are many options one could decide after graduating, whether they want to take time off to travel, jump right into the workforce or enroll in graduate school to earn masters degrees.  Many factors that would affect their decision process would be the current job market in their field of expertise, starting salaries with a bachelors degree and being able to predict the starting pay with a masters degree based on the percentage of average starting salary each year.            First with todays economy the job market can be perfect for some but terrible for others.  If you graduate with a degree in accounting or business the field fat burner is steadily growing and firms are continuously hiring entry-levels and trying to expand their market share.  On the other side, to find a job in education, communications or advertising for example, it is very hard to find any company that is hiring since many are trying to cut costs.            Next you need to compare starting salaries between Bachelors and Masters Degrees.  I first found national average starting salaries of various occupations at Bachelors degree level. Then found current national average starting salaries of employees with Masters Degrees, and increased it by 4% for two years to have a realistic view if you went into the workforce now compared to going back to school and what the opportunity would be when you graduated.