Types

• Most bachelor's degrees are either Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science. Those two types of degrees cover majors such as education, journalism, criminal justice, art, technology and construction.
  
  

Features

• A bachelor's degree generally takes four years to earn and a minimum of 120 credit hours.
  
  

Warning

• Most schools require students to maintain a minimum 2.0 grade point average to earn their bachelor's degree.
  
  

Benefits

• Many fields require a bachelor's degree, and people with bachelor's degrees generally earn considerably more money than people without bachelor's degrees.
  
  

Considerations

• A bachelor's degree is required in order to earn a graduate or post-graduate degree, and a graduate or post-graduate degree is required for several professionals including doctors, lawyers and college professors.