An associate degree is the first academic level of undergraduate education. An associate degree program is built to teach you many of the basic principles of a discipline and can either help you prepare to enter the workforce or be the first step in your postsecondary education.
In this article, we'll take a closer look at what an associate degree is, explore some of the different types of associate degrees that you might come across in your research and answer a few frequently asked questions in the following sections: