Thanks Dharan bro. I appreciate your thoughts. Well, there is so many reasons that I am changing my career from biomedical science to something else. But in gist, it is due to average pay and being in the lab most of the time. I dont see myself working in the lab in years to come, believe me, its not as much fun as it used to be at the beginning. Also, I started with 32k 3 years ago with biomedical sciences, now i make little over 50k w/ full benefits(research and pharmaceutical doesnt pay well). Not necessarily, doing my master's in something else mean that I will totally be away from healthcare/ biomed industry, it just means when I get back I get to do something that might be more interesting and appreciated for and paid lot higher. I know you are right, even I were to stay in my present company, I doubt I will ever lose this job. I mean its pretty good and I could probably become manager 6 to 10 years (around 80k) down the road.

As for MBA vs MS in stat. Very tough to decide for me. Even though, I m leaning more towards the MS in Stat from beginning but yet to totally decide on which one. It would be nice if they had MBA with stat concentration in CA but I havent heard about it.