Baccalaureate and PhD

Baccalaureate noun - An academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies.

PhD and baccalaureate are semantically related In some cases you can replace term "PhD" with "Baccalaureate", this nouns are similar.

PhD noun - A doctorate usually based on at least 3 years graduate study and a dissertation; the highest degree awarded graduate study.

Baccalaureate and PhD are semantically related in pursuit topic. Sometimes you can use "Baccalaureate" instead a noun "PhD".