academic degree, degree - an award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study; "he earned his degree at Princeton summa cum laude"

DMD, Doctor of Dental Medicine - a doctor's degree in dental medicine

DDS, Doctor of Dental Surgery - a doctor's degree in dental surgery

DD, Doctor of Divinity - a doctor's degree in religion

DEd, Doctor of Education, EdD - a doctor's degree in education

Doctor of Medicine, MD - a doctor's degree in medicine

DMus, Doctor of Music, MusD - a doctor's degree in music

AMusD, Doctor of Musical Arts - a doctor's degree in musical arts

Doctor of Optometry, OD - a doctor's degree in optometry

Doctor of Osteopathy, DO - doctor's degree in osteopathy

Doctor of Philosophy - a doctorate awarded for original contributions to knowledge

Doctor of Public Health, DPH - a doctor's degree in preventive medicine

Doctor of Theology, ThD - a doctor's degree in theology