to earn a degree
1degree — n. academic title 1) to award a degree to; to confer a degree on 2) to do (BE), earn, receive, take a degree 3) an academic; advanced, graduate, postgraduate (esp. BE); college degree 4) an earned; honorary degree 5) a bachelor s; doctoral,… …
2earn — verb 1 to get money for work, etc. ADVERB ▪ consistently ▪ reportedly, reputedly (esp. BrE) ▪ She reportedly earns more than $475 000 a year VERB + EARN ▪ …
3degree — noun 1 measurement of angles VERB + DEGREE ▪ rotate, spin, turn ▪ I turned the wheel 90 degrees, PREPOSITION ▪ through … degrees ▪ …
4Academic degree — An academic degree is a position and title within a college or university that is usually awarded in recognition of the recipient having either satisfactorily completed a prescribed course of study or having conducted a scholarly endeavour deemed …
5Engineer's degree — An engineer s degree is a graduate academic degree intermediate in rank between a master s degree and a doctoral degree in the United States. In Europe, it can be an approximately five year degree roughly equivalent to a master s degree. The… …
6Online degree — An online degree is an academic degree (usually a college degree, but sometimes the term includes high school diplomas and non degree certificate programs) that can be earned primarily or entirely through the use of an Internet connected computer …
7Associate's degree — An associate degree is an academic degree awarded by community colleges, junior colleges, four year universities, business colleges and some bachelor s degree granting colleges/universities upon completion of a course of study usually lasting two …
8Bachelor's degree — A bachelor s degree is usually an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or major that generally lasts for three, four, or in some cases and countries, five or six years. It may also be the name of a postgraduate degree, such as a… …
9First professional degree — A professional degree prepares the holder for a particular profession by emphasizing competency skills along with theory and analysis. These professions are typically licensed or otherwise regulated by a governmental or government approved body.… …
10British undergraduate degree classification — The British undergraduate degree classification system is a grading scheme for undergraduate degrees (bachelor s degrees and integrated master s degrees) in the United Kingdom. The system has been applied (sometimes with significant variations)… …