Степень успеха растёт.

Because степень normally takes a dependent noun in the genitive:

• степень успеха = degree of success
• уровень сложности = level of difficulty
• чувство страха = feeling of fear

So успеха is the genitive singular of успех.

A very literal breakdown is:

• степень = degree / extent
• успеха = of success
• растёт = is growing / increasing

Yes, it is the same Russian word, but here it means degree / extent / level, not an academic qualification.

Common meanings of степень include:

• degree / extent of something
• level in a formal or abstract sense
• academic degree in other contexts

In Степень успеха растёт, it means something like the degree/level of success.

In Russian, nouns ending in ь can be either masculine or feminine. You have to learn their gender individually.

Степень is feminine, so adjectives and past-tense verbs would agree with it as feminine:

• высокая степень
• степень выросла

But in the present tense, the verb does not show gender, so in растёт you do not see a special feminine ending.

In the present tense, Russian verbs agree only in person and number, not in gender.

So:

• степень растёт
• уровень растёт
• число растёт

All of these use the same present-tense form растёт because they are all singular.

Gender appears in the past tense:

• степень росла / выросла → feminine
• уровень рос / вырос → masculine

Растёт is the 3rd person singular present tense of расти.

Basic idea:

• расти = to grow

But in Russian, just like in English, it can be used both:

1. literally

   • Ребёнок растёт. = The child is growing.

2. figuratively / abstractly

   • Интерес растёт. = Interest is growing.
   • Напряжение растёт. = Tension is increasing.

So here растёт means is increasing / is growing in an abstract sense.

The correct form is растёт, with ё.

Important points:

• ё is pronounced yo
• ё is always stressed
• In many printed texts, Russians often write е instead of ё, so you may also see растет
• Even if written растет, it is still usually understood as растёт

So for learners, растёт is very helpful because it shows both the correct vowel and the stress.

The stress is:

• стЕпень
• успЕха
• растёт

So the full sentence is pronounced approximately:

стЕпень успЕха растёт

A rough English-friendly guide would be:

STYE-pen' oos-PYE-kha ras-TYOT

The most important thing to remember is that ё in растёт is stressed.

It is grammatical and understandable, but it sounds somewhat formal or abstract.

Depending on context, Russian speakers might also say:

• уровень успеха растёт = the level of success is increasing
• успешность растёт = success/effectiveness is increasing
• степень успешности растёт = the degree of success is increasing

So степень успеха is possible, but in everyday usage another wording may sound more natural.

Yes. Russian word order is flexible.

The neutral order here is:

• Степень успеха растёт.

You could also say:

• Растёт степень успеха.

That version puts a little more focus on the fact that it is growing.

So the meaning stays basically the same, but the emphasis changes slightly.

Russian has no articles like the or a/an.

So Степень успеха растёт can mean:

• The degree of success is growing
• A degree of success is growing

In real usage, context usually makes it clear that the intended meaning is the degree/level of success.

Not exactly. The sentence does not directly say успех растёт. It says степень успеха растёт, which is more like:

• the degree of success is increasing
• the level of success is growing

That makes it a bit more analytical and abstract than simply saying Success is growing.