Liz Simmons is an education staff writer at Forbes Advisor. She has written about higher education and career development for various online publications since 2016. She earned a master’s degree in ...

This checklist is meant to be used as a supplement to information obtained from the University Catalog and the graduate program, and as an aid to meeting Graduate School requirements for the doctoral ...

It may have just gotten harder to land a graduate nursing degree in Delaware and beyond. Confusion has swirled after the U.S. Department of Education left nursing and other areas of study off a list ...

College degrees in order of education level start with an associate degree, followed by a bachelor's degree, master's, and doctorate. This guide introduces each degree and details time lengths, ...

When reviewing job growth and salary information, it’s important to remember that actual numbers can vary due to many different factors—like years of experience in the role, industry of employment, ...

The “professional” label would allow students to borrow larger amounts of federal loans to pursue graduate degrees in those fields.

Faculty and staff can find a current list of Purdue's honorary doctorate recipients at the Board of Trustees website. The trustees office is the office of record for honorary doctorate degrees. Purdue ...

A new student loan proposal limits loan spending for students getting degrees that aren’t classified as “professional.” ...

In 2021, nearly 2.5 million Latinos in the United States held advanced degrees such as master’s degrees or doctorates. This represented a huge increase over 2000, when 710,000 Latinos held advanced ...

The U.S. Department of Education will fine Grand Canyon University $37.7 million for "deceiving" students in its marketing of doctoral degrees, officials announced Tuesday. The news comes after GCU ...

Students enrolled in certain degree programs may soon see reduced reimbursement support as the Department of Education rolls out key provisions of President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill. A ...

A group of bipartisan lawmakers sent a letter to the Education Department urging it to add nursing to the list of “professional degrees,” which would allow students to take out more federal loans. New ...