Professional degrees per President LBJ

1. LBJ’s own formal education: the bachelor’s and teaching certificate

Primary biographical records—Texas State University special collections and the U.S. Navy history summary—record that Lyndon Baynes Johnson completed his studies at Southwest Texas State Teachers College and received a Bachelor of Science and a permanent high‑school teaching certificate in August 1930; his transcript lists a major in history with minors in English and social sciences ^{[1] [2]}. The LBJ Library’s biographical narrative likewise notes his 1930 bachelor’s degree in education and subsequent early career as a teacher ^[6].

2. No evidence in these sources that LBJ held other professional degrees

Available sources do not mention other professional or graduate degrees earned by Johnson beyond the 1930 bachelor’s and teaching certificate; the provided biographical and archival materials focus on that undergraduate credential and his later political career rather than listing additional academic degrees ^{[6] [7] [1]}. If you’ve seen claims that LBJ held a law degree, Ph.D., or master’s, those specific assertions are not documented in the cited materials here ^{[6] [1] [2]}.

3. The LBJ School of Public Affairs: a presidential legacy in professional education

President Johnson founded the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin in 1970 to broaden access to public service; the school today markets interdisciplinary, professional degree programs—Master of Public Affairs, Master of Global Policy Studies, Executive Master of Public Leadership, and a Ph.D.—and numerous dual‑degree tracks with other professional schools like Texas Law ^{[3] [5] [8]}. Institutional reporting notes the school’s mission to train both early‑career and mid/late‑career professionals and to provide executive education and non‑degree offerings for public affairs practitioners ^{[3] [5] [4]}.

4. Scale and outcomes reported by the school and observers

A historical snapshot in Wikipedia cited by the search results reports that by 2011–2012 the LBJ School had graduated roughly 3,508 master’s students and 56 Ph.D. students since its first class in 1972 ^[4]. The school’s own site and local reporting describe continued program expansion, career services, and new undergraduate offerings launched by 2025, indicating institutional growth and an emphasis on career placement and applied policy apprenticeships ^{[3] [9] [10]}.

5. How “professional degrees per President LBJ” can be interpreted—and why context matters

If your query asked “professional degrees per President LBJ” there are two plausible interpretations: (A) degrees that Lyndon B. Johnson personally held, for which the cited sources identify only his 1930 bachelor’s and teaching certificate ^{[1] [2]}; or (B) professional degree programs associated with his legacy (the LBJ School), which today offers several master’s and doctoral professional degrees and numerous dual‑degree tracks ^{[3] [5] [8]}. The distinction matters: one is a personal academic record; the other is an institutional catalog that carries his name and mission.

6. Competing viewpoints and limits of available reporting

Primary institutional and archival sources consistently report LBJ’s 1930 undergraduate credential ^{[1] [2] [6]}. Secondary narrative sources (e.g., Wikipedia) summarize LBJ’s life and the LBJ School’s graduation totals ^{[4] [7]}. Available sources do not provide evidence that Johnson earned additional graduate or professional degrees; they also do not offer a comprehensive, up‑to‑date count of every professional degree the LBJ School currently awards in 2025 beyond program descriptions and select historic totals ^{[3] [5] [4]}.

If you’d like, I can (a) compile a succinct timeline of LBJ’s educational and early‑career milestones with citations, or (b) produce a current inventory of LBJ School degree programs and dual‑degree partnerships based only on its official pages and recent reporting. Which would be more useful?