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While she did not attend college, Parton was presented with an honorary doctorate of humane and musical letters from Tennessee in 2009 following her commencement address to the graduating class of that year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026

Education remains a barrier, with 90% of hires for AI-related jobs having a bachelor’s degree and 20% of hires for AI leadership jobs having a doctorate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

Helton, who has a doctorate in education, said she is highly skilled and trustworthy.

From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026

Across the river at the University of Manchester, the price increases by a pound for undergraduates and postgraduates, but those with a doctorate pay £57.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

“She was the first Black woman to earn a doctorate in astronomy from the University of Michigan, and she’s the reason I decided to pursue a career in astronomy,” Ayana said, fiddling with her braids.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

The International Mathematical Union awarded its Fields Medal on Thursday at a ceremony in Philadelphia to four people, including Yu Deng and Hong Wang, who both attended Peking University before earning doctorates in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

While most US undergraduate programmes are typically four years, graduate level programmes such as doctorates typically take longer to complete.

From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026

At one point, he testified in court, he was enrolled in 19 universities at once, pursuing five doctorates simultaneously.

From New York Times ● May 21, 2024

“You’re seeing more educated people doing this, more tech workers, more people with college degrees, master’s degrees, doctorates even.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2024

He talked often of how he could not go to university because he had to find a job to support his siblings, and how people he was cleverer than in secondary school now had doctorates.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie