Academic degrees in forms

Question

What form field labels tend to be used for pre-nominal and post-nominal academic titles in forms? Is e.g. "prenominal academic degree" used or is that too formal?

Answer 1

I've often seen this labeled "Title" / "Name" / "Suffix" where Title and Suffix are collected via a select menu of predefined options.

For example, American Airlines includes a Title select menu containing MR., MRS., MS., MISS, MX., DR., and MASTER, as well as a Suffix select menu containing JR., SR., M.D., II, III, IV, V, and PH.D..

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To address the specific case of only seeking academic titles rather than others that show other modifiers as well, it looks like there are a few terms for these.

There are a couple entries in Wikipedia for prenominal and postnominal letters. I'm seeing usage for both terms spelled with and without the hyphen, and both terms phrased as *-nominal letters, titles, or simply as a noun (e.g. post-nominals).

My assumption is that those who carry these modifiers will likely be familiar with these terms and would probably not be confused by seeing "Prenominal title" and "Post-nominals" (my impression of the two most common embodiments, but take your pick). If you worry that these terms may still cause your users pause, you can add a tooltip description next to the label as to what is intended for each blank, with examples.