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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For the class of 2024, CCS claimed to have an 80 percent undergraduate job placement rate and a 91 percent graduate job placement rate.
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Joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
The following insights are drawn from Shapiro’s remarks during a guest lecture in my undergraduate Strategy and Organization class at McGill University.
—Karl Moore, Forbes.com, 24 Oct. 2025
For the class of 2024, CCS claimed to have an 80 percent undergraduate job placement rate and a 91 percent graduate job placement rate.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2025
According to an obituary published by Austin Funeral & Cremation Services, Tate was born and raised in Nashville and graduated from Middle Tennessee State University with an undergraduate degree in business.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 23 Oct. 2025
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“Undergraduate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/undergraduate. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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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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