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These two words are often confused by Spanish students. According to the Cambridge dictionary:

Degree: refers to “a course of study at a college or university, or the qualification given to a student who has done this course. (“What degree did you do at York?” “Geography.”) In Spanish: “carrera universitaria / estudios universitarios”.

Career: can refer to “a job that you do for a long period of your life and that gives you the chance to move to a higher position and earn more money” (a successful career in marketing) and it can also refer to “the time that you spend doing a particular job (She began her acting career in TV commercials.) In Spanish “carrera profesional, trayectoria, profesión”