I saw “…study for a degree.” Can we say “I am studying for this two-year program”?

No, because you're not obtaining a two-year program at the end. You're studying for a degree because you will obtain it. I would say "I'm in a two-year program"

No. We study *for* a degree, and we study *in* a program. Some variation of the below options would be more correct: - “I am in a two-year Associate’s program.” - “I am studying in a two-year program.” - “I am studying in a two-year program for an Associate of Science degree.”

In the US, at least in my region (Midwest, Michigan specifically)I'd say that I'm going for an associates or a degree. While it is a two year program I feel like there would be a connotation that it's something like a job training or apprenticeship that can, but don't generally, lead to degrees, whereas an associates degree is still one even if it's not as useful as a bachelor's or higher.

I would understand this to mean "I'm studying to complete prerequisites, or in order to qualify, so that I can start a 2 year degree program." I wouldn't phrase it that way either, but if I heard "I'm studying for a 2 year program" I most likely would misunderstand the meaning.

No, because the "for" indicates the goal: the degree.

"I'm in a two year program"  "I'm getting an associates degree in (subject)" "I'm going to (school) for a two year degree" "I'm a student at (school) in a two year program" You could maybe say "I'm studying for a two year degree" (not program, because a degree is the thing you can get) but it's more confusing than the above examples  "Studying for" should mostly be used if you're talking about a specific test. I haven't heard the studying for a degree phrase, it's not a common way to talk about it but that might be bc I am American/ in the NE US.

I'd probably say: "I'm doing a two-year course/program in xyz" Or, in the US, an Associate degree is understood by many to be a \~2-year program. "I'm getting my Associate's (degree) in xyz."

Not quite. A program is like a race, and a degree is like the finish line. You could say, “I’m studying for this degree,” or “I’m in a two-year program,” among other ways to phrase it.

You would say "I am studying *in* a two-year program" to show that you are actively doing classes/etc. You could say you are studying "for" a program, but that would be more appropriate if you were not part of the degree program yet but were getting ready to start it.

a degree is an end result. it's what you get at the end of a program. so you can't say "study for a program", whereas you can say "study for a degree"

"I am studying to get my Associate's in ...<major>"