She received an 'honorary degree'. [=a degree given by a college or university to someone who is not a student but who has done something important]
He was accused of murder in the first 'degree'. = He was accused of first-'degree' murder. [=the most serious kind of murder]
a four-year 'degree' [=a degree that is given to someone who has completed four years of study]
(..) Here. (Car alarm) Somebody's gotta fix that. Stop. Let's not wake up David. He's suffering th degree burns over percent of his body. Lower spine has been severed. If he survives. He'll be paralyzed from the waist down, confined to a wheel chair. (..)2014 RoboCop