<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article does not cite any sources . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (December 2009) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> The term Professional student has two uses in the university setting: </P> <Ul> <Li> In the United States and Canada, if not elsewhere, a professional student is a student majoring in what are considered the professional degrees . These include Doctor of Education (Ed. D .), Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M.), Law (J.D. or LL. B .), Dentistry (D.D.S. or D.M.D.), Medicine (M.D. or D.O.), Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT), Engineering, Business Administration (M.B.A.), Nursing (B. Sc. N .), and Pharmacy (Pharm. D. or B. Sc. Phm .), as well as many others . </Li> <Li> "Professional student" is a slang term commonly used in colleges to describe a student who stays in school for many years rather than embarking on a career . To avoid these types, some four - year colleges have imposed limits on the length of time students can be enrolled in order to open up their limited slots to new students . However, the colleges allow for demonstrated exceptions (e.g., a student who holds down a full - time occupation or has a family to raise, who is clearly demonstrating progress toward a degree). See: perpetual student . </Li> <Li> A less common meaning for "Professional student" is an individual who makes a living writing papers and doing college work in exchange for pay from other people . </Li> </Ul> <Li> In the United States and Canada, if not elsewhere, a professional student is a student majoring in what are considered the professional degrees . These include Doctor of Education (Ed. D .), Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M.), Law (J.D. or LL. B .), Dentistry (D.D.S. or D.M.D.), Medicine (M.D. or D.O.), Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT), Engineering, Business Administration (M.B.A.), Nursing (B. Sc. N .), and Pharmacy (Pharm. D. or B. Sc. Phm .), as well as many others . </Li>

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