Utility of a Masters at 25

25 years old non-American, worked in Corporate M&A for 2.5 years out of college, and quit around the same time last year and moved back to home country. For the last year, I've been living off of day trading my personal account, flipping real estate, sports betting etc. and the money is good but I'm not happy with the overall structure of my occupation and want to be involved in projects with impact so I am looking to get back into M&A in the US.

Here is the tricky part, not being American makes getting a job in the US incredibly challenging. Quite literally, can't just go out there and get any job for now while I look for a better opportunity. What do you think is the utility of getting a Masters degree to recruit after, considering my age and experience level? Or maybe an MBA? I am more technical and would prefer masters but obviously, that is not the #1 consideration here. Masters would be in something like finance, financial economics.

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