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CTyankee

(68,443 posts)
Wed May 13, 2026, 01:30 PM Wednesday

where do you keep your college degrees?

I find it funny/not funny that I can't find my B.A. degree nor my M.A. degree. I mean the certificates. One is small and one is big. They are in nice holders.

I had a special place for them. Now I can't find that special place...

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where do you keep your college degrees? (Original Post) CTyankee Wednesday OP
Bookshelf DURHAM D Wednesday #1
In a drawer somewhere, I had them in my office when I worked but after that just filed away. walkingman Wednesday #2
So I looked in my file cabinet. Nope. CTyankee Wednesday #4
Mine are in a box in storage. OLDMDDEM Wednesday #3
They're in a box somewhere EYESORE 9001 Wednesday #5
In a closet bamagal62 Wednesday #6
Me too. Maraya1969 Wednesday #22
In a drawer except gopiscrap Wednesday #7
OH! Where did you get that degree? It sounds so wonderful!!! CTyankee Wednesday #9
It was conferred from and affiliate of the Graduate Theological Union gopiscrap Wednesday #19
WOW!!! 3catwoman3 Wednesday #24
N/A! Floyd R. Turbo Wednesday #8
Somewhere in a closet LogDog75 Wednesday #10
I looked in my closet. Sad to say, they weren't there... CTyankee Wednesday #11
In my spare bedroom MIButterfly Wednesday #12
I'm kind of the same way since I retired LogDog75 Wednesday #13
My bachelor's degree was stuffed in a box in the garage for 36 years, but... LudwigPastorius Wednesday #14
I keep mine in my past. zanana1 Wednesday #15
Proud of mine, have it standing up multigraincracker Wednesday #16
Did you check your office wall? nuxvomica Wednesday #17
No. Alas. I checked (I never put them on any wall and I am long retired now). CTyankee Wednesday #21
Unfortunately, both my bachelors and masters degree certificates are in a cardboard tube somewhere (closet?). waterwatcher123 Wednesday #18
Mine were framed hanging on the wall of my study mnhtnbb Wednesday #20
My nursing bachelor's and master's degree diplomas are in a desk drawer. 3catwoman3 Wednesday #23
In a drawer in a file cabinet 10 Turtle Day Thursday #25
In the toilet bucolic_frolic Thursday #26
I think it depends a lot on how connected the degree is to your career genxlib Thursday #27
Funny story. After I graduated a few months later I got a letter from mucifer Thursday #28
My Bachelors, 2 Masters and Doctoral degree certificates oberle Thursday #29
Boxed up in my office at the university Redleg Thursday #30
Somewhere in a closet in the house. mwmisses4289 Thursday #31
In the garage along with my CPA certificate chicoescuela Thursday #32
Bachelor's and Master's in Music PJMcK Thursday #33
hanging on the wall in my home office/lab mike_c Thursday #34

walkingman

(11,137 posts)
2. In a drawer somewhere, I had them in my office when I worked but after that just filed away.
Wed May 13, 2026, 01:34 PM
Wednesday

CTyankee

(68,443 posts)
4. So I looked in my file cabinet. Nope.
Wed May 13, 2026, 01:38 PM
Wednesday

Hubby is at a doctor's office. He'll know when he gets back...

EYESORE 9001

(29,878 posts)
5. They're in a box somewhere
Wed May 13, 2026, 01:44 PM
Wednesday

I used to have them on a wall above my desk, but they no longer bring me joy.

CTyankee

(68,443 posts)
9. OH! Where did you get that degree? It sounds so wonderful!!!
Wed May 13, 2026, 02:55 PM
Wednesday

P.S. I ask because I know people who were at Yale getting that degree.

gopiscrap

(24,778 posts)
19. It was conferred from and affiliate of the Graduate Theological Union
Wed May 13, 2026, 05:10 PM
Wednesday

Christian University of Southern Indiana. It was part academic and there was a metric for life experience. I have sung in 76 countries 6 continents and all 50 sates. I have directed choirs of 5 different denominations

LogDog75

(1,365 posts)
10. Somewhere in a closet
Wed May 13, 2026, 03:06 PM
Wednesday

I have Community College and a Community College of the Air Force degrees but where they are I don't know. I haven't looked at them in 30 or more years. I don't have a need to show or display them so they're filed somewhere with a bunch of other stuff in my closet.

MIButterfly

(3,133 posts)
12. In my spare bedroom
Wed May 13, 2026, 03:36 PM
Wednesday

As soon as I fix up my basement office, it's going to go up on the wall, along with my Paralegal Certificate. My mother had them both framed for me as a gift after I graduated.

I am a thinker, a dreamer and a planner but not much of a doer. I've been planning to fix up my office for years. One of these days......

LogDog75

(1,365 posts)
13. I'm kind of the same way since I retired
Wed May 13, 2026, 03:56 PM
Wednesday

I have a bunch of AF files and documents in file folders and books that I need to go through. My thought is to sort through and put them in similar piles and then scan them. It will be a lot of work but my summer is free and I might do it.

LudwigPastorius

(14,983 posts)
14. My bachelor's degree was stuffed in a box in the garage for 36 years, but...
Wed May 13, 2026, 03:59 PM
Wednesday

a couple years back I got a frame for it and put it on the wall in my office/studio.

multigraincracker

(38,012 posts)
16. Proud of mine, have it standing up
Wed May 13, 2026, 04:12 PM
Wednesday

on top of a bookcase. Behind a large photo of my wife’s family.

waterwatcher123

(539 posts)
18. Unfortunately, both my bachelors and masters degree certificates are in a cardboard tube somewhere (closet?).
Wed May 13, 2026, 04:15 PM
Wednesday

mnhtnbb

(33,495 posts)
20. Mine were framed hanging on the wall of my study
Wed May 13, 2026, 05:27 PM
Wednesday

and were destroyed when our house burned down almost 19 years ago.

3catwoman3

(29,768 posts)
23. My nursing bachelor's and master's degree diplomas are in a desk drawer.
Wed May 13, 2026, 10:15 PM
Wednesday

A diploma I do have displayed is my maternal grandmother's diploma from nursing school. She finished her 3 yr hospital-based program in 1918, having left home at only 16 to go to the program. She was born on July 4th, 1899.

It is huge, 19x15, and I have it in a silver antique looking frame to complement its age. It is in surprisingly pristine condition, considering that it was not preserved in any way.

I treasure this bit of family history.

My mom, the oldest of her 3 daughters, was also a nurse.

10 Turtle Day

(1,302 posts)
25. In a drawer in a file cabinet
Thu May 14, 2026, 06:15 AM
Thursday

I’d thought about getting them framed and hanging them on my office wall, but like others stated upthread, never got around to it. Now I’m retired and don’t care plus no more wall space is available without displacing some artwork.

genxlib

(6,158 posts)
27. I think it depends a lot on how connected the degree is to your career
Thu May 14, 2026, 06:25 AM
Thursday

And even more so how much your work place and clientele want to see that.

I for one am in consulting engineering and my degree is definitely tied straight to my professional registration. So I have it hanging on the wall of my office.

That seems to be much more common in work places where clients come to you. It seems to be standard practice for doctors, psychologists, therapists, CPAs etc. It is partly pride but mostly advertisement of credentials

It probably seems a little strange to those who have a somewhat looser connection from degree to job. Or those where clients don't interact directly with your workplace.

mucifer

(25,725 posts)
28. Funny story. After I graduated a few months later I got a letter from
Thu May 14, 2026, 06:46 AM
Thursday

the University of Wisconsin. Apparently they sent out some diplomas with the word Wisconsin spelled wrong.

Luckily, mine was fine. Anyhoo, I think it's in my closet. Never needed it for any job or anything. But, at least I know how to spell Wisconsin.

oberle

(408 posts)
29. My Bachelors, 2 Masters and Doctoral degree certificates
Thu May 14, 2026, 07:02 AM
Thursday

are all on my den wall. I keep them out to remind myself that back in the day, I liked to work hard. The BM, MM, DMA are in organ performance, the other MLS is library science.

Redleg

(7,026 posts)
30. Boxed up in my office at the university
Thu May 14, 2026, 07:15 AM
Thursday

I have only been in that office for 12 years so I need more time to unpack.

mwmisses4289

(4,688 posts)
31. Somewhere in a closet in the house.
Thu May 14, 2026, 07:51 AM
Thursday

Have two Associate Degrees, never could afford to go to get Bachelors and made too much to qualify for any financial aid at the time, but not enough to pay to continue my college ed.

PJMcK

(25,120 posts)
33. Bachelor's and Master's in Music
Thu May 14, 2026, 09:03 AM
Thursday

Framed and hanging in my studio along with various awards and nominations.

mike_c

(37,130 posts)
34. hanging on the wall in my home office/lab
Thu May 14, 2026, 11:39 AM
Thursday

I framed them right after I got my doctorate, then left them tucked behind my desk at school until I retired and moved. Now they cover some wall space in my home workroom. Still fly specked and stuff from all those years gathering dust bunnies. Someday I'll get around to cleaning them off.

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