<span>Postsecondary education is an education beyond high school.</span>
An associate degree (or associate's degree<span>) is an undergraduate academic which usually last two years or more. A bachelor’s degree </span><span>lasts for three to seven years (depending on the institution and academic discipline).</span> A master's degree is the first level of graduate study which typically requires a year and one-half to two years of full-time study while a doctorate degree is the highest level of academic degree. All these degrees: associate degree bachelor’s degree, master’s degree, and doctoral degree require<span> graduation from high school.</span>
