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27. I think it depends a lot on how connected the degree is to your career

Thu May 14, 2026, 06:25 AM

May 14

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.

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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 May 20 #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 May 14 #25

In the toilet bucolic_frolic May 14 #26

I think it depends a lot on how connected the degree is to your career genxlib May 14 #27

Funny story. After I graduated a few months later I got a letter from mucifer May 14 #28

OMG! How the hell could that happen??? CTyankee May 17 #40

My Bachelors, 2 Masters and Doctoral degree certificates oberle May 14 #29

Boxed up in my office at the university Redleg May 14 #30

Somewhere in a closet in the house. mwmisses4289 May 14 #31

In the garage along with my CPA certificate chicoescuela May 14 #32

Bachelor's and Master's in Music PJMcK May 14 #33

hanging on the wall in my home office/lab mike_c May 14 #34

I keep my degrees in the only place they have ever been; In my imagination. Ptah May 16 #35

And they didn't cost you a fortune! CTyankee May 16 #36

If I had received a student loan in 1970, I would have been able to be free of it by declaring bankruptcy. Ptah May 18 #45

ME TOO, Ptah! some_of_us_are_sane May 18 #46

On the walls of my home library. Aristus May 16 #37

In a drawer in a desk Wolf Frankula May 17 #38

I don't know. surrealAmerican May 17 #39

I have Rebl2 May 17 #41

I called an office dealing with graduates questions and left a message about getting a copy of my degree. CTyankee May 17 #42

A metal box in a second bedroom, with some old pictures and memories. chouchou May 17 #43

4 Of My 5 Diplomas Were Stolen ProfessorGAC May 17 #44

Hanging above my bed..along with a photo receiving my diploma.. Tikki May 19 #47

In a big plastic tub u4ic May 19 #48

It's in the last briefcase I ever carried to work. hunter May 20 #49

Mine is framed and is hanging on the wall to the left of me right now in my home office. beaglelover May 20 #50

Ain't got none. johnp3907 May 20 #51

In a file cabinet Mz Pip May 20 #52

I have had mine framed and on display in my home since 1994... Moostache May 20 #53

hanging on my home office wall DBoon May 20 #54

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

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

In a box in my storage room. Xavier Breath May 20 #58

In a filing cabinet malaise May 20 #59

It's framed Upthevibe May 20 #60

I think they were left in the attic at my last house Figarosmom May 20 #61