degree holder
Someone with credentials
A degree holder is someone who has completed a university or college program and received an academic credential: The job posting specified that applicants must be degree holders.
The term appears most often in formal contexts like job requirements or immigration policies, where it distinguishes those with credentials from those without.
- graduateOne who earned degree
- college gradUniversity degree completer
- alumnusMale former student
- alma materOne's former institution
- class ofBelonging to a graduating group
diploma · bachelor · master · PhD · commencement · cap · gown · transcript · credentials · educated · qualified · certified · scholar · academic · university · college · ivory tower · thesis
degree holderdropout
One who quits early
high school dropout · expelled student · high school graduate
degree holderautodidact
One who teaches themselves
tradesperson · apprentice · craftsman · blue-collar worker · self-educated
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