If $\beta$ is transcendental over $F$, then is that $F(\beta)$ must be an infinite extention of $F$?

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Let $F$ be fields. If $\beta$ is transcendental over $F$, then is that $F(\beta)$ an infinite extention of $F$ ?
Or $F(\beta)$ can be an finite extention of $F$ ?