Database result not a string

I’m missing something here. No matter what I try I can’t get this numbered field to populate correctly in the console and thus am unable to push it to my page’s text field. Can someone take a quick look at this for me?

function currentbelt () {
wixData.query("multiStepRegistrationForm4")
  .ascending('copyOfDateAwarded')
  .find()
  .then( (results) => {
 let verified = results.items[0].verified;
 let awardDate = results.items[0].copyOfDateAwarded;
 let degree = toString(results.items[0].copyOfWhatIsYourBeltDegree);
 /* Failed attempt to use const
      const degree = results.items[0].copyOfWhatIsYourBeltDegree;
      */
 let affiliate = results.items[0].copyOfWhatAffiliationWasThisBeltIssuedUnder;
//ties text element to collection data
      $w("#beltDegree").text = degree;
      $w("#affiliatetext").text = affiliate;
      $w("#awarded").text = awardDate;
//Test elements are assigned
      console.log(degree);
      console.log(verified);
      console.log(awardDate);
 //code expands an object that acts as a user indicator that the entry must first be verified
if (verified === false) {
        console.log('Pending should show');
        $w('#peindingVerification').expand();
}else if(verified === true){
    console.log('Pending should not show');
    $w('#peindingVerification').collapse();
    }
});
}

Perhaps this is wrong…

let degree = toString(results.items[0].copyOfWhatIsYourBeltDegree);

…change to

let degree = (results.items[0].copyOfWhatIsYourBeltDegree).toString;

…or…

let degree = String(results.items[0].copyOfWhatIsYourBeltDegree);

Perhaps you also want to use —> console.log(typeof degree) in future.