advanced degree
Noun
Meaning
advanced degree (plural advanced degrees)
(education) A university degree, such as an MSc or PhD, awarded after a baccalaureate on completion of a further program of academic studies.
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After the war, Gardner returned to the University of Chicago. citation He attended graduate school for a year there, but he did not earn an advanced degree.
Earlier, urged on by Schoen, he had pursued an advanced degree in orthodontics in 1961, becoming a graduate student at Loma Linda University and later a professor of dentistry.
He grew up in Cleveland and graduated from Pontifical University Regina Apostolorum, a Vatican university, with a bachelor’s degree in philosophy and advanced degree in moral theology and ethics.
He then matriculated in the theological faculty to prepare for an advanced degree.
Either version would also ease the immigration requirements for anyone who has an advanced degree in science, mathematics, technology or engineering from a recognized university based outside the U.S., the cap notwithstanding.
For many prospective graduate students, the math is often tricky: The cost of an advanced degree weighs on students' own shoulders and indebtedness is on the rise.