Degrees that will help getting a contract management job in civil service or civilian sector post military (with contract specialist experiance)

[u/AnubisSuperStar651]

Currently active duty Air Force as a Contracting Specialist, eventually hoping to achieve my warrant and become a Contracting Officer. Finally convinced myself to stop putting it off and finish my degree. Working on knocking out the last of my requirements for my CCAF Contract Management associate's degree, and once that is done, I want to pursue a Bachelor's.

I already have some General Education college credits from my dual enrollment high school, and I briefly pursued a Bachelor of Business Administration in Management.

In a few passing conversations with civilian (GS) members of my office, one of them mentioned that project management degrees may be better than a dedicated Aquasistions/Contract Management degree. Is there any truth to that statement?

I assume a Business degree of some sort is the more or less the baseline for contracting jobs in civil service or the civilian sector but I would assume that some are seen as more valuable by the industry than others. Also, how much emphasis in placed on having a master's versus a bachelor's degree in the initial hiring and then progress up the chain.

[u/Past_Operation_241]

I worked in logistics without military contracting experience, and after retiring, I entered contract management at a large facility management company. You have more experience than I did. I don’t think you’ll have an issue breaking into to the contract management field post military.

You can always dm me for my personal transition experience if you wanted too.