advanced degree

American  

noun

1. an academic degree conferred for completion of requirements beyond the undergraduate college level, as M.S. or Ph.D.

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Etymology

Origin of advanced degree

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

It doesn’t take an advanced degree to stain a deck — but it does take time, patience and attention to detail.

From Seattle Times

Crimmins seeks a broadly accessible product, “not something you need an advanced degree” to comprehend.

From Washington Post

An analysis by the Economic Policy Institute, a liberal think tank, found that whether they have a high school diploma or an advanced degree, Black workers make about 80 percent of the earnings of a white worker with similar education.

From New York Times

It did not even require an advanced degree, just a basic understanding of disease transmission, an awareness of a given hospital’s particular situation and a few people who knew how to connect the two and could train others to do the same.

From New York Times

We should refocus our immigration system and, while still carefully screening, give green cards to those with an advanced degree in technology — wherever they are from.

From Washington Post