bachelor's degree
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bachelor's degrees
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She earned her master’s in global affairs as a Schwarzman Scholar at Tsinghua University in Beijing, and earned her bachelor’s degree from Brown University.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
Rebecca completed her bachelor’s degree at Harvard College, where she studied philosophy and African American studies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Students who want to go "up the scale" will be allowed, Burke said, for example, if a student finishes a bachelor's degree and then wants to complete a masters.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
He attended college at New York’s Cooper Union and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in fine arts in 2011.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
She wants to go back to school to get a bachelor’s degree, but has neither the time nor the money.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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