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  2. Associate degree - Wikipedia

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    In Brazil, undergraduate degrees are known as graduação ('graduate') while graduate degrees are known as pós-graduação ('postgraduate'). Brazil follows the major traits of the continental European system; free public schools are available from kindergarten up to postgraduate degrees, both as a right established in Article 6, caput of the Brazilian Constitution and as a duty of the State ...

  3. Undergraduate education - Wikipedia

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    For example, in the United States, a student pursuing an associate or bachelor's degree is known as an undergraduate student while a student who has already obtained a bachelor's degree and is pursuing a higher degree (masters, doctorate) is a graduate student.

  4. Undergraduate degree - Wikipedia

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    In Italy, the laurea [4] (formerly laurea triennale, meaning "three-year laurea") is the most common type of "undergraduate degree".It is equivalent to a bachelor's degree and its normative time to completion is three years (note that in Italy scuola secondaria superiore or Lyceum [secondary or grammar school], takes five years, so it ends at 19 years of age).

  5. Educational attainment in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Here 55.4% had graduated from high school, roughly one fifth (20.8%) had some college education or an associate degree and 6.8% had a bachelor's degree or higher. While the largest occupational field, that consisting of professionals and relating occupations was also the largest field, the fields with lower educational attainment combined were ...

  6. Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education

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    Associates Only (Assoc) only award associate degrees. Associates Dominant (Assoc-Dom) award some bachelor's degrees, but award more associates's degrees. Arts & Sciences Focus (A&S-F) award least 80 percent of undergraduate degrees in the arts and sciences. Arts & Sciences + Professions (A&S+Prof) award between 80 and 59 percent of ...

  7. Academic degree - Wikipedia

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    An academic degree is a qualification awarded to a student upon successful completion of a course of study in higher education, usually at a college or university.These institutions often offer degrees at various levels, usually divided into undergraduate and postgraduate degrees.

  8. Higher education in the United States - Wikipedia

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    [citation needed] Graduates earn associate degrees, such as an Associate of Arts (AA). More recently, apprenticeship degrees are being offered at some community colleges. [117] According to National Student Clearinghouse data, community college enrollment has dropped by 2.2 million students since its peak year of 2010–11.

  9. College - Wikipedia

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    Colleges vary in terms of size, degree, and length of stay. Two-year colleges, also known as junior or community colleges, usually offer an associate degree, and four-year colleges usually offer a bachelor's degree. Often, these are entirely undergraduate institutions, although some have graduate school programs.