Common Degrees and Their Abbreviations

A few common degrees and abbreviations:

• Associate’s degrees: AA (Associate in Arts), AS (Associate in Science), AAS (Associate in Applied Science), AGS (Associate in General Studies)

• Bachelor’s degrees: AB or BA, BFA, LL.B, BSc or ScB or BS or SB, BASc, BPhil, BBus, BSBA, BPE, B.Math, BSW, BVSc, B.Eng, BBA, B.Tech

• Master’s degrees: M.P.P., MA, MFA, LL.M, MS or MSc, MCM, M.Div., MPIA, MPS, MAS, MMus, MSSc, MBA, MPA, MHA, M.Ed or EdM, M.Eng, M.J, M.Des, Drs (Netherlands)

• Extended Research Master’s degrees: mag.art. (Denmark)

• Licentiate degrees: LDS, JCL, LP

• Specialist degrees: Ed.S., SSP, SClP

• Logistician’s degree: CPL

• Engineer’s degrees: Ch.E., C.E., E.E., Env.E., I.E., Mech.E., Nucl.E., Sys.E.

• Professional Doctoral degrees:DMD or DDM, DDS, BM BS, DPT, ND, D.C., OD,

DVM, V.M.D, M.Div., M.D., D.O., Au.D., PharmD, J.D., D.C., P.Th.D., D.Th.P., D.P.M., DProf (UK)

• Research Doctoral degrees: J.C.D., Ph.D., EdD, EngD, DTech, DBA, DPA, DHA, Dr.-Ing(Germany), DPS, D.D., D.Min., D.Th. or Th.D., J.S.D. or S.J.D. or LL.D., DPM, DSc or ScD, DSocSci, M.D., DSW

Abbreviations for degrees can place the level either before or after the faculty or discipline, depending on the college. One example is that DSc and ScD both stand for the doctorate in science. Various other abbreviations also vary between universities.