advanced degree
noun
: a university degree (such as a master's or doctor's degree) higher than a bachelor's
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Several graduates will pursue advanced degrees and cutting-edge research here at the University of New Haven.
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Jens Fredriksen, Hartford Courant, 3 June 2024
India needs to create many low-skilled manufacturing and service jobs to absorb these workers, as the information technology and other service sectors in which India has done well tend to cater only to workers with advanced degrees.
—Surupa Gupta, Foreign Affairs, 3 Mar. 2021
Over all, Bolger has 14 advanced degrees, plus an associate’s and a bachelor’s.
—Joseph Bernstein Robert Petkoff Krish Seenivasan Devin Murphy, New York Times, 3 June 2024
From 2000 to 2021, the number of Hispanic women earning advanced degrees climbed by 291%, and by 199% among Hispanic men, according to U.S. Census Bureau data analyzed by the Pew Research Center.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 31 May 2024
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Jens Fredriksen, Hartford Courant, 3 June 2024
India needs to create many low-skilled manufacturing and service jobs to absorb these workers, as the information technology and other service sectors in which India has done well tend to cater only to workers with advanced degrees.
—Surupa Gupta, Foreign Affairs, 3 Mar. 2021
Over all, Bolger has 14 advanced degrees, plus an associate’s and a bachelor’s.
—Joseph Bernstein Robert Petkoff Krish Seenivasan Devin Murphy, New York Times, 3 June 2024
From 2000 to 2021, the number of Hispanic women earning advanced degrees climbed by 291%, and by 199% among Hispanic men, according to U.S. Census Bureau data analyzed by the Pew Research Center.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 31 May 2024
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“Advanced degree.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/advanced%20degree. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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