master's degree
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She was studying for a master's degree while working full-time and the stress of doing both became too much once the Covid pandemic hit.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
“I have a master’s degree but I can’t afford to buy a house here,” Keeler, 37, said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
Torres had her daughter as a junior at UCLA, and the child care helped keep her enrolled through undergraduate studies and a master’s degree in urban planning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Born in Jakarta in 1963, Destry holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Indonesia and a master’s degree in regional science from Cornell University.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
She knocked off a master’s degree in mathematics from Atlanta University, and then taught school in Arkansas, Georgia, and Tennessee before coming to Langley in 1943, where she was hired as a P-l mathematician.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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