Does telling people you have an academic credential amount to arrogance?

The 17-th item in Major Sins by Al-Dhahabi is *Arrogance, Pride, Conceit, Vanity And Haughtiness* (ref. ). He references the Qur'an and Sunnah, e.g.: > ...Indeed, Allah does not like everyone self-deluded and boastful. -- Qur'an 31:18 > > The Messenger (pbuh) said, "Arrogance is belittling to admit the truth and considering people inferior. [Reported by Muslim.] **Question**: Does telling people you have an academic credential amount to arrogance? More or less implicit in telling people you have an academic credential is a claim that one is "superior" at the relevant topic than the general population. For instance, someone with a PhD in medicine might be better than 99% of the population at medicine. But this is counter-balanced by the fact that people are better at some things than others.