higher education
noun
: education beyond the secondary level
especially
: education provided by a college or university
Examples of higher education in a Sentence
Students and their parents worry about the rising cost of higher education.
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After reaching record lows, Americans' confidence in higher education has risen slightly this year.
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MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Kelly Meyerhofer has covered higher education in Wisconsin since 2018.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 22 Oct. 2025
That said, traditional higher education is far from obsolete.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2025
Putin’s cabinet ministers now encourage young women to forgo higher education and have babies—as many of them as possible.
—Julia Ioffe, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025
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MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Kelly Meyerhofer has covered higher education in Wisconsin since 2018.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 22 Oct. 2025
That said, traditional higher education is far from obsolete.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2025
Putin’s cabinet ministers now encourage young women to forgo higher education and have babies—as many of them as possible.
—Julia Ioffe, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for higher education
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“Higher education.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/higher%20education. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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