advanced degree
nounDefinition of advanced degree
: a university degree (such as a master's or doctor's degree) higher than a bachelor's
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Rei Goffer, the chief science officer, and Itai Zlotnik, chief customer officer, got their advanced degrees from MIT. — Aaron Pressman, Fortune, "Climacell’s New Weather App Uses 600 Million Devices to Forecast Areas as Small as a City Block," 13 Aug. 2019 Marlboro College students will also have the ability to complete advanced degrees at the University of Bridgeport. — Susan Haigh, courant.com, "University of Bridgeport and Vermont’s Marlboro College will merge," 25 July 2019 Syngman Rhee, the authoritarian president of South Korea throughout the 1950s, received his advanced degrees at Harvard and Princeton. — Christopher Knight, latimes.com, "Review: LACMA’s ‘Art of Korean Writing’ reveals the brilliance in each brushstroke," 29 June 2019 The Sentinel first sought verification last week that Merriam held an advanced degree. — Kevin Spear, orlandosentinel.com, "Top OUC executive resigns over falsely claiming a doctoral degree," 12 June 2019 More than a quarter of the city’s residents possess an advanced degree, about twice the national rate. — Travis Deshong, Washington Post, "America fell in love with ‘Jeopardy!’ again this year. In Washington, the romance never faded.," 8 July 2019 Despite having an advanced degree and claiming to have two, Genest sought relatively low-paying jobs involving work with children. — Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, "East Bay teacher, later charged with child molestation, falsely claimed to have a PhD. He was employed at a high school anyway," 28 June 2019 Lawyer graduated from Portland State University with a bachelor’s degree in English and an advanced degree in school administration. — oregonlive.com, "After end-of-year leadership controversy, Portland’s Cleveland High has a new principal," 10 July 2019 Chavez founded two successful tech companies after graduating from Stanford University with advanced degrees in law and computer science. — Parija Kavilanz, CNN, "Her Bluetooth pet tag helps you and your pet find friends," 25 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'advanced degree.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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