undergraduate
noun
un·der·grad·u·ate
ˌən-dər-ˈgra-jə-wət 
-ˌwāt;
-ˈgraj-wət
: a student at a college or university who has not received a first and especially a bachelor's degree
undergraduate
adjective
Examples of undergraduate in a Sentence
a group of college undergraduates
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Levy earned her undergraduate degree from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, a historically Black university in Greensboro.
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Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 4 Mar. 2026
The proposal requires preeminent state universities to reserve 95% of new fall undergraduate enrollments to students from Florida, an increase to the current 90% requirement for all universities.
—Jim Turner, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2026
Yunseo Chung Immigration officials moved to deport Yunseo Chung, a then-21-year-old Columbia undergraduate from South Korea with permanent resident status, in March 2025 after she and other students were arrested by local law enforcement at a sit-in at the university.
—Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 3 Mar. 2026
The proposal requires preeminent state universities to reserve 95 percent of new fall undergraduate enrollments to students from Florida, an increase to the current 90 percent requirement for all universities.
—Jim Turner, Sun Sentinel, 3 Mar. 2026
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Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 4 Mar. 2026
The proposal requires preeminent state universities to reserve 95% of new fall undergraduate enrollments to students from Florida, an increase to the current 90% requirement for all universities.
—Jim Turner, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2026
Yunseo Chung Immigration officials moved to deport Yunseo Chung, a then-21-year-old Columbia undergraduate from South Korea with permanent resident status, in March 2025 after she and other students were arrested by local law enforcement at a sit-in at the university.
—Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 3 Mar. 2026
The proposal requires preeminent state universities to reserve 95 percent of new fall undergraduate enrollments to students from Florida, an increase to the current 90 percent requirement for all universities.
—Jim Turner, Sun Sentinel, 3 Mar. 2026
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undergraduate
noun
un·der·grad·u·ate
ˌən-dər-ˈgraj-(ə-)wət
-ə-ˌwāt
: a student at a college or university who has not yet received a degree
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