Hoods

[Annette]

Are the colors of an academic hood based on the degree or the school?

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[GeoLeoX]

Yes.

The "inside" of the hood is typically your school colors while the stripes on the outside signify the degree.
From what I remember:
Blue=PhD
Green=MD
Yellow=JD or maybe that's the dentists

Geo

 

[turtleboard]

I'm not sure if the inside of most hoods have the school's colors, but I know that the color of a hood is based on the degree/field of study.

 

[Street Philosopher]

JD is purple.

 

[GeoLeoX]

I guess that I should have prefaced the first reply with "As far as I know..." I was speaking from my own experience, my Ph.D. hood has my school colors on the inside and the blue on the outside. It's been a long time since I looked at it. The last time I did there was a spider living in it. Also my recollection of the other colors (I guess that the dentists get the yellow) was from my commencement several years ago.

Geo