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Prevost attended Villanova University and Catholic Theological Union in Chicago before earning a doctorate in canon law from the Pontifical College of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome.
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Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 9 May 2025
Nationwide, international students earn 64 percent of doctorates in computer and information sciences, 57 percent of those in engineering, and 54 percent of those in mathematics and statistics.
—L. Rafael Reif, Foreign Affairs, 6 May 2025
Fromm, who describes herself as a folklorist, earned her doctorate from the University of Indiana with a focus on Jewish anthropology, art history and culture.
—Greg Carannante, Sun Sentinel, 6 May 2025
The athlete received a master’s degree in public administration from New York University while playing for the Knicks, and obtained a doctorate in education from Fordham University in 1991, per The New York Times.
—Toria Sheffield, People.com, 27 Apr. 2025
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Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 9 May 2025
Nationwide, international students earn 64 percent of doctorates in computer and information sciences, 57 percent of those in engineering, and 54 percent of those in mathematics and statistics.
—L. Rafael Reif, Foreign Affairs, 6 May 2025
Fromm, who describes herself as a folklorist, earned her doctorate from the University of Indiana with a focus on Jewish anthropology, art history and culture.
—Greg Carannante, Sun Sentinel, 6 May 2025
The athlete received a master’s degree in public administration from New York University while playing for the Knicks, and obtained a doctorate in education from Fordham University in 1991, per The New York Times.
—Toria Sheffield, People.com, 27 Apr. 2025
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“Doctorate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doctorate. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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doctorate
noun
doc·tor·ate
ˈdäk-t(ə-)rət 
: the degree, title, or rank of a doctor
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