higher education
noun
: education beyond the secondary level
especially
: education provided by a college or university
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Students and their parents worry about the rising cost of higher education.
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The average loan balance for borrowers enrolled in an IDR plan is around $57,000, said higher education expert Mark Kantrowitz.
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Kate Dore, Cfp®, Ea,annie Nova, CNBC, 1 Jan. 2026
College football is the front porch of higher education.
—Riley Gaines Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 Jan. 2026
Among the crowd in Tampa was Silas Pearson, vice president of the largest Turning Point chapter in the country, at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, ground zero for evangelical higher education.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
The cost of higher education is rapidly increasing and the average student loan balance amounts to $28,775 (public school) and $42,449 (private school), according to the Education Data Initiative.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 29 Dec. 2025
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Kate Dore, Cfp®, Ea,annie Nova, CNBC, 1 Jan. 2026
College football is the front porch of higher education.
—Riley Gaines Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 Jan. 2026
Among the crowd in Tampa was Silas Pearson, vice president of the largest Turning Point chapter in the country, at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, ground zero for evangelical higher education.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
The cost of higher education is rapidly increasing and the average student loan balance amounts to $28,775 (public school) and $42,449 (private school), according to the Education Data Initiative.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 29 Dec. 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 7 Jan. 2026.
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