Definition of undergraduate
: a student at a college or university who has not received a first and especially a bachelor's degree
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Examples of undergraduate in a Sentence
a group of college undergraduates
Recent Examples of undergraduate from the Web
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On average, undergraduates took out $4,060 in unsubsidized federal Stafford loans in 2015-16, according to Mark Kantrowitz, publisher and vice president of strategy for Cappex.com.
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Black undergraduates held a separate event that night amid the polished pews and Greek columns of Memorial Church, Harvard’s spiritual center and the backdrop for Mr. Zuckerberg’s address.
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Nine of the top 10 physics departments in the country -- at black or white schools -- producing the most African American undergraduates in physics are at HBCUs, according to the American Institute of Physics.
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The students, all Jacobs School of Engineering undergraduates, faced finals immediately following their defeat.
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Birmingham-Southern College has announced a partnership with Cumberland School of Law that would allow students to start law school as undergraduates and complete a law degree a year earlier.
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Nine of the top 10 physics departments in the country — at black or white schools — producing the most African American undergraduates in physics are at HBCUs, according to the American Institute of Physics.
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He was elected a Fellow of King’s College, Cambridge University, just four years after entering as an undergraduate.
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UNDERGRADUATE Defined for English Language Learners
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: a student at a college or university who has not yet earned a degree
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