An on campus master degree is a graduate two-four year degree offered by some on campus colleges and on campus universities. The requirement to earn the graduate master degree is 30-60 plus hours of specific program classes and a thesis or comprehensive examination depending on what college or university you attend and how specific your master degree program is. A master degree is the one of the highest degrees you can earn at a college or university and comes in three ways: Masters in Business Administration (MBA), Masters of Arts (MA), and Masters of Science (MS). An an on campus master degree is obtained, the student may be eligible (assuming GPA and entrance exam score is good) to continue at a college or university to work on a doctorate degree in select fields. After receiving a master degree, a student can make 2.6 million or more dollars in their lifetime.