fitness, fittingness - the condition of being suitable; "they had to prove their fitness for the position"

eligibility - the quality or state of being eligible; "eligibility of a candidate for office"; "eligibility for a loan"

ineligibility - the quality or state of being ineligible

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"

constituent, element, component - an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system; "spare components for cars"; "a component or constituent element of a system"