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]
(..) It wasn't me, Mr. Peabody. I know it wasn't you. It's the methane gas in the sewer system. And given the fact that it ignites at degrees Fahrenheit... we're about to use it... to blast out of here! Hang on! Whoo! Wow! (..)2014 Mr. Peabody & Sherman