graduate degree
Master's or doctorate
A graduate degree is an academic credential earned after completing a bachelor's degree.
The term encompasses master's degrees, doctorates, and professional degrees like law or medicine.
She's pursuing a graduate degree in public health.
Graduate degrees typically require specialized coursework, research, or both, and signal advanced expertise in a field.
- comprehensive examsQualifying doctoral examinations
- MBAGraduate degree in commerce
- dissertationExtended academic treatise
- PhDHighest academic credential
- thesisAcademic argument requiring defense
MD · qualifying · defense committee · ABD · JD · stipend · student loans · engineering · specialization · candidacy · psychology · coursework · fine arts · computer science · sociology · business administration · environmental science · publish
- degreeshigh school diploma, GED, BS, PhD, doctorate
- educationeducation, school, schools, teachers, students
- life goalscareer, get married, world peace, purpose, aim
- career milestonespromotion, hire, first job, retirement, raise
- Academic DegreesPhD, MBA, BS, MD, JD
- professional credentialsCPA, certification, bar exam, license, nursing license
graduate degreeundergraduate degree
First post-secondary qualification
bachelor's degree · high school diploma · associate degree · GED · elementary education
graduate degreeapprenticeship
Learning trade through employment
on-the-job training · professional license · professional certification · work experience · autodidacticism
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