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25. In a drawer in a file cabinet

Thu May 14, 2026, 06:15 AM

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I’d thought about getting them framed and hanging them on my office wall, but like others stated upthread, never got around to it. Now I’m retired and don’t care plus no more wall space is available without displacing some artwork.

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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 16 hrs ago #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 Thursday #25

In the toilet bucolic_frolic Thursday #26

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

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

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

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

Boxed up in my office at the university Redleg Thursday #30

Somewhere in a closet in the house. mwmisses4289 Thursday #31

In the garage along with my CPA certificate chicoescuela Thursday #32

Bachelor's and Master's in Music PJMcK Thursday #33

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

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

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

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

ME TOO, Ptah! some_of_us_are_sane Monday #46

On the walls of my home library. Aristus Saturday #37

In a drawer in a desk Wolf Frankula Sunday #38

I don't know. surrealAmerican Sunday #39

I have Rebl2 Sunday #41

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

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

4 Of My 5 Diplomas Were Stolen ProfessorGAC Sunday #44

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

In a big plastic tub u4ic Tuesday #48

It's in the last briefcase I ever carried to work. hunter 17 hrs ago #49

Mine is framed and is hanging on the wall to the left of me right now in my home office. beaglelover 17 hrs ago #50

Ain't got none. johnp3907 17 hrs ago #51

In a file cabinet Mz Pip 16 hrs ago #52

I have had mine framed and on display in my home since 1994... Moostache 16 hrs ago #53

hanging on my home office wall DBoon 16 hrs ago #54

On a bookshelf with my hubby's. Diamond_Dog 16 hrs ago #56

;-{) In the glove compartment o my Rolls-Royce La Rose Noire Droptail Goonch 15 hrs ago #57

In a box in my storage room. Xavier Breath 14 hrs ago #58

In a filing cabinet malaise 14 hrs ago #59

It's framed Upthevibe 13 hrs ago #60

I think they were left in the attic at my last house Figarosmom 13 hrs ago #61