advanced degree
noun
: a university degree (such as a master's or doctor's degree) higher than a bachelor's
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So, who should be footing the bill for these advanced degrees: the government and taxpayers, corporations, or the individual?
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Leadership Brainery, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
Many of the jobs require advanced degrees, and new hires often need years of on-the-job training.
—Davis Winkie, USA Today, 19 May 2025
After marrying in 1979, the couple then decamped for New York, where Leichtman got an advanced degree in securities law—an LL.M.—at Columbia and then worked in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s enforcement division.
—Giacomo Tognini, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
Abu Rass, a member of the steering committee that oversaw this initiative, told me that the number of Palestinian citizens seeking advanced degrees grew from twenty-four thousand in 2010 to sixty-four thousand last year.
—Eyal Press, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
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Leadership Brainery, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
Many of the jobs require advanced degrees, and new hires often need years of on-the-job training.
—Davis Winkie, USA Today, 19 May 2025
After marrying in 1979, the couple then decamped for New York, where Leichtman got an advanced degree in securities law—an LL.M.—at Columbia and then worked in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s enforcement division.
—Giacomo Tognini, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
Abu Rass, a member of the steering committee that oversaw this initiative, told me that the number of Palestinian citizens seeking advanced degrees grew from twenty-four thousand in 2010 to sixty-four thousand last year.
—Eyal Press, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
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“Advanced degree.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/advanced%20degree. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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