Colorado Technical University

College Degrees?

I'll be applying to college next year, and I was just browsing some different school's websites. I was wondering if someone could explain to me the differences between associates, undergraduates, graduates, bachelors, masters and all those different kind of degrees.

Public Comments

1. Associates degress are the lowest obtainable degree. There's nothing wrong with it, but I think if you're going to spend time going to college, it makes sense just to go and get your Bachelors degree. For example, when someone wants to become a legal secretary, they usually get their associates degree in paralegal studies. When you enter into college, you enter as an undergraduate student seeking your Bachelor's degree. When you get your Bachelor's degree, you can apply to graduate school to obtain your master's degree. Once you are finished with your master's degree, then you can enter into the Doctorate program to obtain your Ph.D. There are instances with some courses of study where you can skip from a Bachelors to a Doctorate program, but it depends on the program of study and the school. Hope this helps!
2. Undergraduate refers to students with a bachelor's or associates degree. Graduates are holder's of master's and PH.D degrees. First you get an Associates > Bachelor's> Master's> ph.d