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u4ic

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48. In a big plastic tub

Reply to CTyankee (Original post)

Tue May 19, 2026, 02:36 AM

3 hrs ago

With all my other important (and not so important) documents. I've never had them out on display.

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where do you keep your college degrees? [View all] 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

OMG! How the hell could that happen??? CTyankee Sunday #40

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

I keep my degrees in the only place they have ever been; In my imagination. Ptah Saturday #35

And they didn't cost you a fortune! CTyankee Saturday #36

If I had received a student loan in 1970, I would have been able to be free of it by declaring bankruptcy. Ptah 13 hrs ago #45

ME TOO, Ptah! some_of_us_are_sane 8 hrs ago #46

On the walls of my home library. Aristus Saturday #37

In a drawer in a desk Wolf Frankula Sunday #38

I don't know. surrealAmerican Sunday #39

I have Rebl2 Sunday #41

I called an office dealing with graduates questions and left a message about getting a copy of my degree. CTyankee Sunday #42

A metal box in a second bedroom, with some old pictures and memories. chouchou Sunday #43

4 Of My 5 Diplomas Were Stolen ProfessorGAC Sunday #44

Hanging above my bed..along with a photo receiving my diploma.. Tikki 5 hrs ago #47

In a big plastic tub u4ic 3 hrs ago #48