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Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Academic degree |
 | | A degree is any of a wide range of status levels conferred by institutions of higher education, such as universities, normally as the result of successfully completing a program of study. |
 | | As study in the arts or in grammar was a necessary prerequisite to study in subjects such as philosophy, medicine and law, the degree of doctor assumed a higher status than the master's degree. |
 | | Bachelor's degrees: B.A. or A.B. BBus, BCom or BComm, BD or BDiv, BE or BEng, BASc, BIT, BTech, BS or B.Sc. |
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