An associate degree is an undergraduate academic degree awarded by community colleges, junior colleges, technical colleges, bachelor`s degree-granting colleges, and universities upon completion of a course of study usually lasting two years. In the United States, and some areas of Canada, an associate degree is often equivalent to the first two y....
Degree granted upon the completion of a two-year academic program mostly offered at two-year institutions.
The Associate Degree is granted upon completion of a program of at least two, but less than four yea
[n] - a degree granted by a two-year college on successful completion of the undergraduates course of studies
associate noun a degree granted by a two-year college on successful completion of the undergraduates course of studies