advanced degree

noun

: a university degree (such as a master's or doctor's degree) higher than a bachelor's

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The percentage of teachers with advanced degrees also rose from 30.1% to 30.8%. Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 May 2025 On the flip side, women and men with advanced degrees both received 68% of their total income from earnings. Sara Chernikoff, USA Today, 13 May 2025 Of course, 35% of U.S. graduate school students in STEM areas are now foreign-born, most wanting to stay here after getting their advanced degrees. Thomas Elias, Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2025 Those who hold advanced degrees in mathematics and analytics, or your favorite degenerate gambler, know any piece of datum is only reliant on the trove of data that occurred previously. Bill Speros, Boston Herald, 7 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for advanced degree

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First Known Use

1856, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of advanced degree was in 1856

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“Advanced degree.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/advanced%20degree. Accessed 27 May. 2025.

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