baccalaureates
Four-year college diplomas
Baccalaureates is the plural of baccalaureate, which refers to a bachelor's degree or the ceremony and service associated with graduation.
Many high schools and colleges hold baccalaureate services—often with religious elements—before commencement: The baccalaureates were scheduled for Sunday morning.
The word also appears in International Baccalaureate, a rigorous secondary school curriculum.
Academic completion document
- undergraduateDegree-seeking college student
- credentialProof of qualification
- qualificationRequired skill or condition
- BSFalsehoods, or science degree
BFA · major · minor · coursework · credits · transcript · university · college
Act of starting
- processionFormal moving line
- cap and gownCeremonial graduation attire
- robesLong loose outer garments
- tasselOrnamental hanging cluster
convocation · pomp and circumstance · valedictorian · salutatorian · keynote · address · stage · auditorium
Top graduation honor
- magna cum laudeLatin academic distinction
- cum laudeAcademic distinction phrase
- distinctionNotable difference or honor
- dean's listAcademic achievement recognition
recognition · merit · excellence · commendation · scholastic · valedictorian · salutatorian · honor society
Clergy's worship address
- blessingPrayer seeking divine favor
- invocationCalling upon higher authority
- benedictionFormal spoken blessing
- chapelSmall worship room
prayer · service · minister · clergy · sacred · spiritual · interfaith · congregation
diploma
Academic completion document
- undergraduateDegree-seeking college student
- credentialProof of qualification
- qualificationRequired skill or condition
BS · BFA · major · minor · coursework · credits · transcript · university · college · institution
commencement
Act of starting
- processionFormal moving line
- cap and gownCeremonial graduation attire
- robesLong loose outer garments
tassel · convocation · pomp and circumstance · valedictorian · salutatorian · keynote · address · stage · auditorium · march
summa cum laude
Top graduation honor
- magna cum laudeLatin academic distinction
- cum laudeAcademic distinction phrase
- distinctionNotable difference or honor
dean's list · recognition · merit · excellence · commendation · scholastic · valedictorian · salutatorian · honor society · Phi Beta Kappa
sermon
Clergy's worship address
- blessingPrayer seeking divine favor
- invocationCalling upon higher authority
- benedictionFormal spoken blessing
chapel · prayer · service · minister · clergy · sacred · spiritual · interfaith · congregation · hymn
baccalaureatesdoctorates
Highest university degrees
PhDs · master's degrees · advanced degrees · professional degrees · MDs
baccalaureatesuneducated
Lacking formal instruction
illiteracy · dropouts · autodidacts · unschooled · uncredentialed
- International BaccalaureateGlobal pre-university educational framework