bachelor's degree
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Ilana, 27, joined the Navy Reserve after completing her bachelor’s degree and is on track to earn a joint law and business degree.
The term broadly applies to people who work in offices and have higher education, such as a bachelor’s degree or some college.
The unemployment rate for workers with a bachelor’s degree or higher, who are 25 or older stands at a relatively low 2.9%, though that is up from 2.5% a year earlier.
“I plan to return at some point for my bachelor’s degree,” she says.
The unemployment rate last year for 20-to-29-year-olds who had recently received an associate degree was 2.1% versus 15.3% for those with a bachelor’s degree.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.