| 100% | MSEDS | 5 | Advanced teaching degrees: Abbr. |
| 73% | MSED | 4 | Advanced teaching degree, briefly |
| 68% | PHDS | 4 | Advanced academic degrees: Abbr. |
| 68% | LLMS | 4 | Advanced attorneys degrees: Abbr. |
| 68% | LLD | 3 | Advanced legal degree: Abbr. |
| 68% | PHD | 3 | Advanced academic degree: Abbr. |
| 68% | MBA | 3 | Advanced management degree: Abbr. |
| 64% | PHDS | 4 | Advanced degrees: Abbr. |
| 64% | PHD | 3 | Advanced degree: Abbr. |
| 62% | MDS | 3 | Physicians' advanced degrees: Abbr. |
| 62% | MBA | 3 | Advanced degree in finance: Abbr. |
| 61% | PHDS | 4 | Advanced degrees requiring a dissertation: Abbr. |
| 61% | PHD | 3 | Advanced degree from a university: Abbr. |
| 61% | SCD | 3 | Advanced degree, like a PhD: Abbr. |
| 61% | MBA | 3 | Advanced degree for an entrepreneur: Abbr. |
| 60% | MSEDS | 5 | Advance degrees for some teachers: Abbr. |
| 59% | MBA | 3 | Advanced degree held by many executives: Abbr. |
| 59% | MFA | 3 | Advanced degree for a thespian, perhaps: Abbr. |
| 59% | PHD | 3 | Advanced degree received after rigorous research: Abbr. |
| 59% | PHD | 3 | Advanced professor's degree: Abbr. |
| 58% | MBA | 3 | CEO's advanced degree, perhaps: Abbr. |
| 58% | PHDS | 4 | Advanced academic degrees (Abbr.) |
| 57% | PHD | 3 | Advanced degree that may require a dissertation defense: Abbr. |
| 57% | GRE | 3 | Test for an advanced degree seeker: Abbr. |
| 57% | MFA | 3 | Advanced drama or music degree: Abbr. |
| 57% | EDD | 3 | Teacher's advanced degree: abbr. |
| 57% | MBA | 3 | CEO's advanced degree: Abbr. |
| 57% | PHD | 3 | Scholar's advanced degree: Abbr. |
| 57% | PHD | 3 | Professor's advanced degree: Abbr. |
| 56% | EDD | 3 | Advanced degree received by Shaquille O'Neal in 2012: Abbr. |