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

Nearly 40% of Americans with a bachelor’s now have an advanced degree.

From The Wall Street Journal

Their other daughter, who lives near the couple, applies her advanced degree in school psychology as a stay-at-home mother of five.

From Los Angeles Times

He received an advanced degree at the American School of Classical Studies in Athens, Greece.

From Literature

Now, a college degree or even an advanced degree is often a formula for little to no upward economic mobility.

From Salon

Less than a year later, as a college freshman in Texas, Zhong was hired by Google for a software engineering position that typically requires an advanced degree.

From Los Angeles Times