master's degrees
Advanced academic qualifications
Master's degrees are graduate academic credentials awarded after completing one to three years of study beyond a bachelor's degree.
The possessive indicates the degree was historically granted by masters of a discipline.
Common types include the Master of Arts (MA), Master of Science (MS), and Master of Business Administration (MBA).
She's pursuing a master's degree in public health.
- thesis defenseOral examination of dissertation
- career changeMoving to different occupation
- student loansBorrowed funds for tuition
- MFAGraduate arts credential
- MBAGraduate degree in commerce
graduate school · grad school · higher education · Mathematics · capstone · dissertation
- universitiesuniversities, Harvard, Yale, Oxford, Cambridge
master's degreesbachelor's degrees
First university qualifications
doctorates · PhDs · undergraduate degrees · associate degrees · certificates
master's degreeson-the-job training
Learning skills while employed
life experience · autodidacticism · practical experience · uncredentialed · apprenticeships
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