bachelor's degree
noun
: a degree that is given to a student by a college or university usually after four years of study
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Bhattacharya earned four degrees at Stanford: a bachelor's degree, master's, MD, and PhD.
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Alice Park, TIME, 5 Mar. 2025
By the numbers: Among Americans age 25 and up with a bachelor's degree or better who moved to a new county in 2023, 3.5% — or 161,588 people — went to D.C.
—Alex Fitzpatrick, Axios, 4 Mar. 2025
Duarte received a bachelor's degree in criminal justice and political science from Pennsylvania Western University.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
Barlow earned a bachelor's degree in genetics from the University of California, Berkeley, before getting a master's from Cornell University, according to her website.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 25 Feb. 2025
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Alice Park, TIME, 5 Mar. 2025
By the numbers: Among Americans age 25 and up with a bachelor's degree or better who moved to a new county in 2023, 3.5% — or 161,588 people — went to D.C.
—Alex Fitzpatrick, Axios, 4 Mar. 2025
Duarte received a bachelor's degree in criminal justice and political science from Pennsylvania Western University.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
Barlow earned a bachelor's degree in genetics from the University of California, Berkeley, before getting a master's from Cornell University, according to her website.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 25 Feb. 2025
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“Bachelor's degree.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bachelor%27s%20degree. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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