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Upthevibe

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60. It's framed

Wed May 20, 2026, 07:31 PM

18 hrs ago

and on the wall in my room/office.

My degree is my Oscar. I wasn't able to go to college right after high school. Finally, at 36 y.o., I went back and received my Bachelor's from Cal State in 1998.

It's my proudest accomplishment.

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where do you keep your college degrees? [View all] CTyankee May 13 OP

Bookshelf DURHAM D May 13 #1

In a drawer somewhere, I had them in my office when I worked but after that just filed away. walkingman May 13 #2

So I looked in my file cabinet. Nope. CTyankee May 13 #4

Mine are in a box in storage. OLDMDDEM May 13 #3

They're in a box somewhere EYESORE 9001 May 13 #5

In a closet bamagal62 May 13 #6

Me too. Maraya1969 May 13 #22

In a drawer except gopiscrap May 13 #7

OH! Where did you get that degree? It sounds so wonderful!!! CTyankee May 13 #9

It was conferred from and affiliate of the Graduate Theological Union gopiscrap May 13 #19

WOW!!! 3catwoman3 May 13 #24

N/A! Floyd R. Turbo May 13 #8

Somewhere in a closet LogDog75 May 13 #10

I looked in my closet. Sad to say, they weren't there... CTyankee May 13 #11

In my spare bedroom MIButterfly May 13 #12

I'm kind of the same way since I retired LogDog75 May 13 #13

My bachelor's degree was stuffed in a box in the garage for 36 years, but... LudwigPastorius May 13 #14

I keep mine in my past. zanana1 May 13 #15

Yep me too. perfessor 21 hrs ago #55

Proud of mine, have it standing up multigraincracker May 13 #16

Did you check your office wall? nuxvomica May 13 #17

No. Alas. I checked (I never put them on any wall and I am long retired now). CTyankee May 13 #21

Unfortunately, both my bachelors and masters degree certificates are in a cardboard tube somewhere (closet?). waterwatcher123 May 13 #18

Mine were framed hanging on the wall of my study mnhtnbb May 13 #20

My nursing bachelor's and master's degree diplomas are in a desk drawer. 3catwoman3 May 13 #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 Monday #45

ME TOO, Ptah! some_of_us_are_sane Monday #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 Tuesday #47

In a big plastic tub u4ic Tuesday #48

It's in the last briefcase I ever carried to work. hunter 21 hrs ago #49

Mine is framed and is hanging on the wall to the left of me right now in my home office. beaglelover 21 hrs ago #50

Ain't got none. johnp3907 21 hrs ago #51

In a file cabinet Mz Pip 21 hrs ago #52

I have had mine framed and on display in my home since 1994... Moostache 21 hrs ago #53

hanging on my home office wall DBoon 21 hrs ago #54

On a bookshelf with my hubby's. Diamond_Dog 20 hrs ago #56

;-{) In the glove compartment o my Rolls-Royce La Rose Noire Droptail Goonch 20 hrs ago #57

In a box in my storage room. Xavier Breath 19 hrs ago #58

In a filing cabinet malaise 19 hrs ago #59

It's framed Upthevibe 18 hrs ago #60

I think they were left in the attic at my last house Figarosmom 17 hrs ago #61