master's degree
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Jillian is a graduate student at Carnegie Mellon University, where she just finished the first year of her master’s degree in computational design.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
One Stanford undergraduate majoring in economics said their plans to stay for a fifth year to earn a master’s degree have been thrown into question.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
He was worried about how the termination of his TPS would affect his pursuit of a master’s degree at Wright State University.
From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2026
When Google CEO Sundar Pichai - who got his master's degree at Stanford - took the stage last weekend, he made only a passing reference to AI.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
He had earned a master’s degree in applied sciences, and he taught physics and chemistry during the weekdays at the all-black George Washington Carver High School in North Birmingham.
From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry
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