Degree Types
This degree usually takes about 2 years at a community college.
What is an associate degree?
This type of college is 2 years long and often less expensive.
What is a community college?
The form you fill out when asking to go to a college.
What is an application?
Free money for school based on grades, talent, or other achievements.
What is a scholarship?
The branch of the military that fights mostly on land.
What is the Army?
A degree that takes about 4 years and is the most common at universities.
What is a bachelor’s degree?
A college founded to serve African American students, with rich history and culture.
What is an HBCU (Historically Black College or University)?
Your average grades, written as a number.
What is GPA (Grade Point Average)?
Free money from the government to help pay for college, usually based on financial need.
What is a grant?
The branch that defends the seas.
What is the Navy?
A short program (less than 2 years) that trains you for a specific career.
What is a certificate?
A college funded by the state, often cheaper if you live in-state.
What is a public college/university?
A class you must take before you can take a higher-level class.
What is a prerequisite?
Money you borrow for school that must be paid back with interest.
What is a student loan?
The branch that protects the skies and flies planes.
What is the Air Force?
A degree you earn after a bachelor’s, usually 2 more years of study.
What is a master’s degree?
A college funded mostly by tuition and donations, often smaller classes.
What is a private college/university?
A test some colleges require for admission, like SAT or ACT.
What is a college entrance exam?
The form you fill out to apply for federal financial aid for college.
What is FAFSA?
The branch known for being the first to fight, with the motto “Semper Fi.”
What are the Marines?
The highest academic degree, earned after a master’s, often called a PhD.
What is a doctorate?
Colleges that focus on a broad education in many subjects like history, art, and science.
What are liberal arts colleges?
The ceremony where you finish your degree and get your diploma.
What is graduation (or commencement)?
A program that lets students work part-time while in college to help pay for expenses.
What is work-study?
The branch that patrols U.S. waters and handles search and rescue.
What is the Coast Guard?