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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Marygrove College, a private, Catholic institution, ended its undergraduate degree programs in 2017 and its graduate programs in 2019 after struggling financially since the mid-2000s.
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CBS News, 14 May 2026
The law does not change limits for undergraduate borrowers but dramatically scales back how much graduate students can borrow.
—Cory Turner, NPR, 14 May 2026
The Seattle campus of the University of Washington has about 36,000 undergraduates, who study under a quarter system that wraps up its spring classes relatively late in the academic year.
—Erick Mendoza, NBC news, 14 May 2026
The annual competition is open to full-time and part-time undergraduate and graduate students who have completed an intermediate-level or final graduation film; Complete rules and a link to the online submission platform are available here.
—Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 13 May 2026
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CBS News, 14 May 2026
The law does not change limits for undergraduate borrowers but dramatically scales back how much graduate students can borrow.
—Cory Turner, NPR, 14 May 2026
The Seattle campus of the University of Washington has about 36,000 undergraduates, who study under a quarter system that wraps up its spring classes relatively late in the academic year.
—Erick Mendoza, NBC news, 14 May 2026
The annual competition is open to full-time and part-time undergraduate and graduate students who have completed an intermediate-level or final graduation film; Complete rules and a link to the online submission platform are available here.
—Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 13 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for undergraduate
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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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