TERMINALDEGREE
Terminal degree
A terminal degree is the highest academic degree in a given field of study. This phrase is in academic use in the United States, but is little used outside North America. The term is not generally used in the United Kingdom, for example, and its exact meaning varies somewhat between those areas and disciplines in which the term is used.The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Terminal degree
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