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

[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!

[Anonymous]

Done with college is a category????

That includes dropping out first semester.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Done with college is a category????

That includes dropping out first semester.

I always love the "I have some college" people then it turns out they dropped out first semester and didn't even finish 1 class.

[Anonymous]

Someone who receives an associates degree from a community college does so after graduating from the college, thus they are a college graduate. They do not have a 4-year degree, which is what is in common usage when referring to a “college graduate”, so its reasonable to ask a clarifying question.

Aside from that…lots of very interesting perspectives about people who go to community college and what that means.

As a PROUD, community college graduate, most of the snarky people on this thread have no idea what they’re talking about. I display my community college diploma right next to my two bachelors degree diplomas, and right next to where I’ll park my JD/MA as soon as I get finished with those.

[Anonymous]

🙄

“Educational status”

If you want to be precise the question isn’t “are you a college graduate” but “do you hold a bachelors degree or higher from an accredited institution”. Anyone who graduates from a college, is a college graduate. Not all college graduates have bachelors degrees or higher.

Anonymous wrote:

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:

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.

Third-ed. Being pedantic snd snobby over an associates versus a bachelor's degree in a social setting is trashy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Someone who receives an associates degree from a community college does so after graduating from the college, thus they are a college graduate. They do not have a 4-year degree, which is what is in common usage when referring to a “college graduate”, so its reasonable to ask a clarifying question.

Aside from that…lots of very interesting perspectives about people who go to community college and what that means.

As a PROUD, community college graduate, most of the snarky people on this thread have no idea what they’re talking about. I display my community college diploma right next to my two bachelors degree diplomas, and right next to where I’ll park my JD/MA as soon as I get finished with those.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Third-ed. Being pedantic snd snobby over an associates versus a bachelor's degree in a social setting is trashy.

Yep.

Trashy and low class

What kind of person relishes making fun of others for achieving any kind of education?

[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.

That’s completely untrue. “People in the Midwest” do not consider an associates degree to be equivalent to a bachelor’s.

It's true they think AA is good enough. A lot don't even consider getting a four year degree a two year is good enough. On the east coast most places want you to have a four year BS nursing degree. In the midwest a two year AA nursing degree is "just fine" and acceptable.

???? If you think that someone with an AA in nursing is getting jobs that require a BS in nursing because an AA "just fine" you're an idiot

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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!

This. This thread is super obnoxious. Everyone knows that an associate's degree is a degree.

[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.

That’s completely untrue. “People in the Midwest” do not consider an associates degree to be equivalent to a bachelor’s.

It's true they think AA is good enough. A lot don't even consider getting a four year degree a two year is good enough. On the east coast most places want you to have a four year BS nursing degree. In the midwest a two year AA nursing degree is "just fine" and acceptable.

???? If you think that someone with an AA in nursing is getting jobs that require a BS in nursing because an AA "just fine" you're an idiot

Reading comprehension is fundamental.