When discussing graduate schools, terminal degree is a term that is thrown around often in the world of American post-secondary education. In the strictest sense of the word, terminal degrees are granted at the highest level in a particular academic discipline. In most cases, the term is used to distinguish the final degree available in graduate school for students wishing to study in the chosen subject for obtaining advanced employment.
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Many of these add-on specialties require two or three years to complete. Length of study varies by program and discipline. An MA in education, for example, may require as little as 12 credit hours (two to three years) and an engineering MS might take as much as 36 or 40. Programs may measure credits differently; 45 to 90 units at Stanford University might take three to five or more years.