What is post-secondary education and how does someone benefit from it? extracurricular classes in high school that a person get into a college or university training at a college or university that may train someone for a professional level career education after college that allows a person to practice medicine training after earning a ph. d. that a person to specialize their skill set

1. Post secondary education refers to TRAINING AT A COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY THAT MAY TRAIN SOMEONE FOR A PROFESSIONAL LEVEL CAREER.
A post secondary education refers to an education that a person acquired after leaving secondary school. This kind of education is called tertiary education and can be obtained either at a University or at a college. Education at this stage usually prepares one for a specific career. For instance, one can decide to go to the University in order to become an engineer, a lawyer, a doctor or a pharmacist. Master degrees and PhD degrees are also post secondary education. Post secondary education generally refers to all the formal learning that one acquires after finishing secondary education.
2. Post secondary education allows one to acquire specific skills in a particular field. Thus, post secondary education benefit one by making one to be a professional in his or her field. Been a professional increases one's worth financially and makes one to acquires jobs that pay well. Having higher degree also open different doors of opportunities to one on a daily basis, depending on the particular field where one specializes. For instance, having a PhD degree in nursing will open several doors of opportunity in research, teaching and medical environment to the holder of the degree compare to someone who only has a diploma in nursing.