Different Types of Postgraduate Degrees in America

There are several types of postgraduate degrees in America, including:

• Master's degrees (MS): These degrees usually take 1-2 years to complete and require coursework and sometimes a thesis or final project. Master's degrees are available in many fields, including business, engineering, medicine, law, and the humanities.
  • See AWRU top global colleges list for top MS programs.
• Doctoral degrees (PhD): These degrees can take several years to complete and require original research and the completion of a dissertation. PhDs are available in many fields, including science, engineering, medicine, law, and the humanities.
  • Top schools for PhD: All the Ivies, Stanford, MIT.
  • Columbia Engineering: https://www.engineering.columbia.edu/news/doctoral-degrees-without-borders
• Master of Business Administration (MBA): This degree is a type of master's degree that focuses specifically on business and management. MBA programs usually take 1-2 years to complete and often require real-world experience in addition to coursework.
  • Top schools, (not using M7): Harvard, Columbia, Stanford, Dartmouth, Cornell, Northwestern, MIT
  • A note of b school: it’s the academically easiest grad school. People go ‘as a break’ from worklife
  • HBS recently announced bottom 10% financially go for free which is dope.
• Medical Doctor (MD): This degree is required to become a licensed physician in the United States. MD programs usually take 4 years to complete and include both classroom instruction and hands-on clinical experience.
  • Top Medical Schools: Columbia, Harvard.
• Juris Doctor (JD): This degree is required to become a licensed lawyer in the United States. JD programs usually take 3 years to complete and include classroom instruction and hands-on experience in legal clinics.
  • Top Law Schools: Columbia, Harvard, Stanford, Yale, UChicago.
• Master of Laws (LLM): This degree is a type of master's degree that focuses specifically on law. LLM programs usually take 1 year to complete and are designed for students who already have a JD or equivalent law degree.

There are many other types of postgraduate degrees available in America, depending on your field of interest. It's important to research different programs and schools to find the best fit for your goals and interests.

Top UK people I know going to US postgrad

• @jess.olo on Instagram (KCL, UofCamb) going to Johns Hopkins University
• Gavra Nwamadi (UCL ChemEng) going to Havard Biz
• Raphael Njoku (Princeton EECS) going to Harvard Biz
• Shane W (Bates, then)
• Daniel Wilcox (Union)
• LSG(M) (Lafayette) at Georgetown Law

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