master's degree

American  

noun

1. a degree awarded by a graduate school or department, usually to a person who has completed at least one year of graduate study.

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Example Sentences

She holds a master’s degree in public health, and her writing has appeared in Time, The Guardian, Self, Outside, Eater, HuffPost and Prevention.

From MarketWatch

Born in Florida, Krause graduated from Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music with a bachelor’s in music and a master’s degree in music in vocal performance.

From Los Angeles Times

Theo dal Pozzo, 23, has a first class master's degree in computer science.

From BBC

Mr. Talarico, a state representative, earned a master’s degree in education from Harvard and is working toward a divinity degree at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary.

From The Wall Street Journal

As of 2021, only 10% of master’s degree recipients who specialized in developmental and child psychology were male.

From The Wall Street Journal