master's degree
noun
: a degree that is given to a student by a college or university usually after one or two years of additional study following a bachelor's degree
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Dickens holds a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a master's degree in public administration from Georgia State University.
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Christopher Harris, CBS News, 2 Jan. 2026
After getting divorced in 1996, Hildebrandt returned to school and studied English at Brigham Young University before getting her master's degree in psychology at the University of Utah in 2003.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 31 Dec. 2025
Kramer was working as a global marketing director at L'Oreal in 2011, fresh off earning a master's degree from the Fashion Institute of Technology and curious about taking her career in a new direction, when the opportunity to work for Chanel came up.
—Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 15 Dec. 2025
She was raised in England and California, cut her teeth in journalism in Spain and went to New York City to get her master's degree in bilingual journalism.
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 11 Dec. 2025
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Christopher Harris, CBS News, 2 Jan. 2026
After getting divorced in 1996, Hildebrandt returned to school and studied English at Brigham Young University before getting her master's degree in psychology at the University of Utah in 2003.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 31 Dec. 2025
Kramer was working as a global marketing director at L'Oreal in 2011, fresh off earning a master's degree from the Fashion Institute of Technology and curious about taking her career in a new direction, when the opportunity to work for Chanel came up.
—Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 15 Dec. 2025
She was raised in England and California, cut her teeth in journalism in Spain and went to New York City to get her master's degree in bilingual journalism.
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 11 Dec. 2025
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“Master's degree.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/master%27s%20degree. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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