Network Engineers with Masters Degrees or higher: do you feel your college education has made you a better engineer than your peers?

These questions only pertain to Network Engineers (those whose primary job duties include network infrastructure (routing/switching/firewalling/loadbalancing/etc)) in either an operational, design/architect, or combined role with a graduate degree (Masters or higher.)

1. Question from the topic title. Do you feel your college education has made you a better engineer than your peers who have either no degree or a lesser one? (Better at your job)

2. Do you feel your degree has resulted in a higher rate of pay than your peers that have an equivalent amount of experience?

3. Does everyone you work with have a degree as well? Have you ever worked in a position where your peers had no college degree, but shared the same roles as you. (Had the same “rank”)

4. Is your degree in Computer Science / technology, or is it unrelated to the field.

Thanks!