bachelor's degree

noun

|Updated on: 15 Aug 2018

Definition of bachelor's degree

: a degree that is given to a student by a college or university usually after four years of study

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Recent Examples of bachelor's degree from the Web

Seskin earned his bachelor's degree in civil engineering from New York University.

— sergio carmona, Jewish Journal, "Boca Raton resident receives honorary fellowship from Technion," 11 July 2018
After finishing his bachelor's degree at McGill, Abramovitz attended graduate school at the University of Southern California, where Gilad also taught.

— samantha schmidt, Anchorage Daily News, "Clarinetist discovers his ex-girlfriend faked a rejection letter from his dream school," 15 June 2018
That means the first beneficiaries have now had just enough time to graduate from high school, get a bachelor's degree, and now, in some cases, a law degree.

— pat eaton-robb, The Christian Science Monitor, "Stuck in legal limbo, Dreamers fight to practice law," 24 May 2018
Time to complete a bachelor's degree now averages four years and three days, statistically speaking.

— karen herzog, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Retro UW-Madison delivery van hits road with myth-busting facts, Babcock ice cream," 13 July 2018
Musa, 29, just finished her associate's degree and plans to pursue a bachelor's degree.

— michael katz, idahostatesman, "Seeking safety after war-torn pasts, refugees become citizens and are 'reborn' in Boise," 23 June 2018
Black and Hispanic women with bachelor’s degrees make 37 percent and 34 percent less, respectively than white men with bachelor's degrees.

— paula rogo, Essence.com, "Study Finds That Black Women Graduate With The Most Student Loan Debt," 11 July 2018
Losing a positive, ambitious man Henderson graduated from UA in May 2017 with a bachelor's degree in business administration.

— azcentral, "Family of University of Arizona grad murdered in Greece waits for justice," 6 July 2018
Chazvez received her bachelor's degree in economics and managerial studies from Rice in 2006.

— fernando alfonso iii, Houston Chronicle, "Houston jewelry designer and Rice graduate throws a jaw-dropping party in Cannes," 29 June 2018

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