Is Having An Associate Degree Considered A College Graduate 👨🏻‍🎓?

[Anonymous]

I have an associate of arts in secretarial science from a prestigious two year university.
I have no need for you to patronize me by letting me be proud. I’ve done very well in life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know someone with an Associate’s Degree from a good community college who refers to herself as a first-generation college graduate.

I always thought one wasn’t technically a college graduate until earning a Bachelor’s Degree.

Your thoughts??

lol of course not. Not outside of Appalachia anyways

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She graduated with an associates degree.

The correct answer

+10.

[Anonymous]

Lol ask her what’s her major

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Calling an associate's degree a bachelor's degree, and calling community college, college--never heard of this.

Agree. And remember the term "Junior College"? I am old, but back in the day there were many 2-year Junior Colleges. And people who graduated from Jr. College received an Associates degree.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good topic op.

I live here in DC I have some midwest friends that have only ever lived in the

midwest but I met them through work and they consider an Associate’s Degree from community college college graduates. It's very strange. A two year degree in the midwest is like a four year degree anywhere else.

In the midwest it's common place for them to check the box as DONE WITH COLLEGE after just getting their Associate’s Degree. This is normal and pretty typical in Iowa.

Lol

Why are you laughing?
Keep LOLing. It help others identify you as a jerk. Does it make you feel superior?
This is not a matter of opinion. Facts and opinions are 2 different things. An Associates Degree is, in fact, a college degree. An opinion is that you don’t respect it. Do you think to a PhD your Bachelors is considered higher education? In many cases you are simply BS.

[Anonymous]

An associates degree is a two year degree. A bachelor’s degree is a four year degree.

[Anonymous]

An Associate Degree IS a college degree……just it is from a two-year college - primarily these are awarded from community colleges but can also be earned after 2 years via a University as well.

But community colleges are in fact actual colleges since the credits/units you earn at them can transfer to a University.
In fact many people actually attend a community college for the first two years to save money then transfer to a University later on to complete their next 2 years for a Bachelors or even longer for grad school or even a Doctorate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Calling an associate's degree a bachelor's degree, and calling community college, college--never heard of this.

Don't you know anyone from the midwest?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good topic op.

I live here in DC I have some midwest friends that have only ever lived in the

midwest but I met them through work and they consider an Associate’s Degree from community college college graduates. It's very strange. A two year degree in the midwest is like a four year degree anywhere else.

In the midwest it's common place for them to check the box as DONE WITH COLLEGE after just getting their Associate’s Degree. This is normal and pretty typical in Iowa.

Lol

Why are you laughing?
Keep LOLing. It help others identify you as a jerk. Does it make you feel superior?
This is not a matter of opinion. Facts and opinions are 2 different things. An Associates Degree is, in fact, a college degree. An opinion is that you don’t respect it. Do you think to a PhD your Bachelors is considered higher education? In many cases you are simply BS.

You hit the nerve with this person from the midwest. Thou protest too much.

[Anonymous]

But community colleges are in fact actual colleges since the credits/units you earn at them can transfer to a University.

The accreditation system is different. Community colleges are held to a different set of standards than four-year colleges. Acceptance of transfer credits is at the discretion of the institution that is allowing the transfer.

Even if one can word-weasel his way into claiming that a two-year AA degree makes him a "college graduate," claiming the latter is still misleading. Many, if not most, people in the US would expect "college graduate" to mean (as noted above) a graduate of a four-year program from a regionally accredited institution.

This is not about making people feel good about themselves. It is about clearly communicating one's educational status.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Good topic op.

I live here in DC I have some midwest friends that have only ever lived in the midwest but I met them through work and they consider an Associate’s Degree from community college college graduates. It's very strange. A two year degree in the midwest is like a four year degree anywhere else.

OMG...no it is not and too many posters like you make Midwesterners all sound stupid. No one I know from the Midwest thinks a flunky associates program from CC is a " college degree".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No. But I wouldn't correct them. They are proud, rightfully so. Leave it alone.

This.

Don't be a snob.

Sanctimonious snobbery is very unbecoming and low class.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good topic op.

I live here in DC I have some midwest friends that have only ever lived in the

midwest but I met them through work and they consider an Associate’s Degree from community college college graduates. It's very strange. A two year degree in the midwest is like a four year degree anywhere else.

In the midwest it's common place for them to check the box as DONE WITH COLLEGE after just getting their Associate’s Degree. This is normal and pretty typical in Iowa.

Lol

Why are you laughing?
Keep LOLing. It help others identify you as a jerk. Does it make you feel superior?
This is not a matter of opinion. Facts and opinions are 2 different things. An Associates Degree is, in fact, a college degree. An opinion is that you don’t respect it. Do you think to a PhD your Bachelors is considered higher education? In many cases you are simply BS.

lol I rest

[Anonymous]

A degree from a community COLLEGE makes you a COLLEGE graduate. Full stop.

What most people consider a college degree is irrelevant. It is what it is.

In fact, most job applications don't ask if you have a college degree. They are very specific about your level of attainment in higher education because they know college graduates can be at different levels.

Good grief. I thought that the economy would've humbled most of you by now, but now we're going back and forth about degrees.🙄 The caste system in this forum is alive and well!