No. You do not need a degree to be a BB or MBB. Don’t ever let anyone tell you otherwise. I know some fellow Docs who are “BB’s” and “MBB’s” and they couldn’t pour smelly stuff out of a boot.
And I know some BB’s and MBB’s who do not have a degree and are great at what they do. They have passion, leadership, analytics, understand driving projects to closure and getting the most out of teams and individuals – so, No it’s not necessary to have a college degree to do very well with Six Sigma..
However, if there is a benefit in having one the studies should have helped develop an analytical mode of thought, broadened exposure, and given some additional depth of knowledge – so I would not poopaw getting as much education as possible, but then again look at Bill Gates, Michael Dell, and millions of other extremely successful people who did quite well without formal schooling completion.
I hope your goals far exceed being a MBB trainer, although it seems to have worked well for that Deming tutored oddly homophobic thong wearing SoBe Corvette driving Dr. Darth guy with all of his Lean Sigma Stuff so who knows anyway?
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