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.

Recent Examples on the Web

In a statement, Alvarez said the state’s higher education system needs to catch up with its students. — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026

Further down the list were schools that don't always dominate national conversations about higher education. — Jason St. Angelo, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026

So deeply entrenched are the problems confronting higher education that a growing chorus of innovators says the easiest way to fix them is to begin again from scratch. — Jon Marcus, NPR, 1 Sep. 2026

America has spent decades building a sprawling higher education system around a steady supply of college-age students. — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1834, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for higher education

• acclimatisation
• acclimatization
• acidification
• actualization
• annualization
• autocorrelation
• autoregulation
• beatification
• beneficiation
• biodegradation
• biotransformation
• bureaucratization

Kids Definition

higher education

noun

: education provided by a college or university