Meanings
plural advanced degrees
- educationA university degree, such as an MSc or PhD, awarded after a baccalaureate on completion of a further program of academic studies.
Skeptics like to point out that the income gap isn’t rising as fast as it once was, especially for college graduates who don’t get an advanced degree.
2011 June 25, David Leonhardt, “Even for Cashiers, College Pays Off”, in New York Times, retrieved 03 Feb 20141 more example
This is based on . . . the opinion of a vocational expert that "it is likely that Matthew would have graduated from college and obtained an advanced degree".
1998 November 3, Cathy Comerford, “Woodward sued for baby's lost millions”, in The Independent, UK, retrieved 03 Feb 2014
Translations
Catalan postgrau
- postgrauuniversity degree
Chinese Mandarin 研究生學位 /研究生学位
- 研究生學位 /研究生学位 (yánjiūshēng xuéwèi)university degree
Finnish jatkotutkinto
- jatkotutkintouniversity degree
Polish stopień wyższy od licencjatu
- stopień wyższy od licencjatuuniversity degree
Portuguese pós-graduação
- pós-graduaçãouniversity degree
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