Meanings
nounassociate's degree (plural associate's degrees)
plural associate's degrees · alternative associate degree
- AustraliaCanadaCaribbeanUSAn academic degree awarded after the equivalent of approximately two years of college education, usually by a community college.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 副學士 /副学士
- 副學士 /副学士 (fùxuéshì)degree awarded after 2 years of college education
Finnish kandidaatti
- kandidaattidegree awarded after 2 years of college education
Indonesian sarjana muda
- sarjana mudadegree awarded after 2 years of college education
Japanese 準学士
- 準学士degree awarded after 2 years of college education
Malay ijazah bersekutu
- ijazah bersekutudegree awarded after 2 years of college education
Persian کاردانی
- کاردانی (kârdâni)degree awarded after 2 years of college education
Polish tytuł współpracownika
- tytuł współpracownikadegree awarded after 2 years of college education
Portuguese tecnólogo
- tecnólogodegree awarded after 2 years of college education
Spanish grado de asociado, bachillerato
- grado de asociadodegree awarded after 2 years of college education
- bachilleratodegree awarded after 2 years of college education
- diplomaturadegree awarded after 2 years of college education
Cite this entry
APA
associate's degree. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/associate's%20degree
MLA
“associate's degree.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/associate's%20degree. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “associate's degree,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/associate's%20degree.
Source: associate's degree on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.