Masters Degree, Schmasters Degree...

Isn't graduate school supposed to be the time one masters one's craft so they can enter the professional world at a higher pay rate quickly after graduation?

Next year, I start my journey into the professional world of performing arts, masters degree in hand, and I will most likely be waiting tables for a good while... What doesn't help is that I still haven't defined my voice type. As of 3 weeks ago, I was solidly in the land of baritones, but then my voice teacher decided he wanted to re-open tenor possibilities. Don't get me wrong, if the tenor thing pans out, nothing but good will come out of it, but the current uncertainty with my looming graduation is rather stressful to say the least. Thank god for my musical theater class, these songs are keeping me sane for the moment since they really don't care how I classify myself...

I love my career, and I can't see myself doing anything else, but some stability every once in a while would be nice...