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external degree

a college or university degree granted to a non-resident student who has earned credits for work experience, non-academic training, independent study, and the passing of proficiency examinations, but has spent little or no time in formal classroom sessions

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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