bachelor's degree

American  

noun

1. a degree awarded by a college or university to a person who has completed undergraduate studies.

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Example Sentences

After getting a bachelor’s degree in engineering, Glover enlisted in the Navy in 1998.

From Los Angeles Times

Owen recently graduated from Yale University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in statistics and data science and was a Yale Journalism Scholar.

From The Wall Street Journal

He holds a bachelor's degree in history from Rutgers University.

From The Wall Street Journal

Bill and earned his bachelor’s degree in social sciences before pursuing a master’s in history from the same school before eventually earning a doctorate at USC.

From Los Angeles Times

She earned her bachelor's degree in nutritional science from the University of Missouri and completed her medical degree at the University of Maryland-Baltimore.

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