ACADEMIC DEGREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does academic degree mean? 

• ACADEMIC DEGREE (noun)
  The noun ACADEMIC DEGREE has 1 sense:

1. an award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study

  Familiarity information: ACADEMIC DEGREE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACADEMIC DEGREE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

academic degree; degree

Context example:

he earned his degree at Princeton summa cum laude

Hypernyms ("academic degree" is a kind of...):

accolade; award; honor; honour; laurels (a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "academic degree"):

associate; associate degree (a degree granted by a two-year college on successful completion of the undergraduates course of studies)

baccalaureate; bachelor's degree (an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies)

honours; honours degree (a university degree with honors)

master's degree (an academic degree higher than a bachelor's degree but lower than a doctor's degree)

doctor's degree; doctorate (one of the highest earned academic degrees conferred by a university)

law degree (degree conferred on someone who successfully completes law school)

honorary degree; honoris causa (a degree conferred to honor the recipient)

 Context examples 

The Master of Science Degree is an academic degree in science.

(Master of Science, NCI Thesaurus)

An advanced academic degree in the field of social work which is received from a graduate school that has been approved by the Council on Social Work Education.

(Master of Social Work, NCI Thesaurus)

An advanced academic degree which is sometimes earned after (or instead of) a Master of Divinity or a Master of Theological Studies.

(Master of Theology, NCI Thesaurus)

A postgraduate academic degree awarded after the completion of a program of one to three years in duration.

(Master of Civil Engineering, NCI Thesaurus)

An academic degree in a nonscience subject, usually awarded after one or two years of postgraduate study.

(Master of Arts, NCI Thesaurus)

The Doctor of Philosophy degree is the highest academic degree awarded in recognition of creative scholarship and research in a field of study.

(Doctor of Philosophy, NCI Thesaurus)

Doctor of Public Health is an academic degree in public health.

(Doctor of Public Health, NCI Thesaurus)

Conferral or receipt of an academic degree or diploma marking the completion of a defined set of coursework.

(Graduation, NCI Thesaurus)

A four year academic degree in the science and principles of nursing, granted by a tertiary education university or similarly accredited school.

(Bachelor of Science in Nursing, NCI Thesaurus)

The Master's of Public Health is an academic degree awarded to graduates who have completed a program of studies in public health that usually address human population health, community program administration, research, and health policy development.

(Master of Public Health, NCI Thesaurus)