# Really, how educated is Bill Nye the Science Guy **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 23, 2005, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-how-educated-is-bill-nye-the-science-guy/295877 "2005-03-23T13:14:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chefIL11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@chefIL11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chefIL11)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-how-educated-is-bill-nye-the-science-guy/295877/1 "2005-03-23T13:14:02Z")
I read an article about how he is now coming out with a show about addiction, sex, and all the good stuff… crazy, I know. Well, I was interested to find out where he went to school and the extent of his education. Under “Bill Info” on [Bill’s website](http://www.nyelabs.com/) it says he received a bachelor of science in mechanical engineering from cornell. Well, that is all I can find under education. Yet, under “Nicknames” he says that he likes to be called Dr. Nye. AFAIK he is not a Dr. Can someone prove me wrong? Has he really only gotten a four year degree? ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-how-educated-is-bill-nye-the-science-guy/295877/2 "2005-03-23T14:04:06Z")
If it says on his own website that all he has is a B.S., then I would assume that all he has is a B.S. I imagine that people tend to assume that he’s a “Doctor”, and address him as “Dr. Nye”, and thus he put the note on his website to clarify things–he’s not “Dr. Nye”, it’s just a nickname. ---
**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-how-educated-is-bill-nye-the-science-guy/295877/3 "2005-03-23T14:12:01Z")
> [@chefIL11](#): > > I read an article about how he is now coming out with a show about addiction, sex, and all the good stuff… crazy, I know. What is the title of this show and when is it on? ---
**Author:** ![Podkayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-how-educated-is-bill-nye-the-science-guy/295877/4 "2005-03-23T14:14:27Z")
He has honorary doctorates from RPI and Goucher College. (Cite: [PDF of a press release.](http://www.aptvs.org/catalog.nsf/d99467fb7768584f85256db10052d22c/05309928bdb7322585256f9500570d4f/%24FILE/nye_press.pdf)) ---
**Author:** ![chefIL11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@chefIL11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chefIL11)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-how-educated-is-bill-nye-the-science-guy/295877/5 "2005-03-23T14:16:09Z")
[I am a link to info about the show](http://science.slashdot.org/science/05/03/22/1925201.shtml?tid=129&tid=14) ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-how-educated-is-bill-nye-the-science-guy/295877/6 "2005-03-23T19:53:27Z")
He was an engineer at Boeing for a while. And you can’t fully appreciate Bill Nye until you’ve seen him as Speed Walker, the race-walking superhero.