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Ryan, who holds a doctorate in flavor and fragrance chemistry from Michigan State University, went on to create some of the most successful fast-food innovations of the past three decades.
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Dave Smith, Fortune, 18 Nov. 2025
And while higher education is increasingly dominated by overseas talent, the National Science Foundation found that nearly three-quarters (73 percent) of science and engineering doctorate recipients from 2017 to 2019 remained in the United States around five years after graduation.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Nov. 2025
Owens earned his juris doctorate from the University of California’s Hastings College of the Law and is now a partner at NBO Law in Orange County.
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 13 Nov. 2025
Lennon holds a master’s degree in computer science, according to the US Marshals, and was working toward a doctorate at the time of his disappearance.
—Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 11 Nov. 2025
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Dave Smith, Fortune, 18 Nov. 2025
And while higher education is increasingly dominated by overseas talent, the National Science Foundation found that nearly three-quarters (73 percent) of science and engineering doctorate recipients from 2017 to 2019 remained in the United States around five years after graduation.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Nov. 2025
Owens earned his juris doctorate from the University of California’s Hastings College of the Law and is now a partner at NBO Law in Orange County.
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 13 Nov. 2025
Lennon holds a master’s degree in computer science, according to the US Marshals, and was working toward a doctorate at the time of his disappearance.
—Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 11 Nov. 2025
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“Doctorate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doctorate. Accessed 28 Nov. 2025.
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doctorate
noun
doc·tor·ate
ˈdäk-t(ə-)rət 
: the degree, title, or rank of a doctor
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