Synonyms of undergraduates

undergraduates

noun

plural of undergraduate

as in students

a person enrolled in a college or university who has not yet earned a degree

a group of college undergraduates

Related Words

• students
• scholars
• postgraduates
• pupils
• freshmen
• readers
• collegians
• coeds
• schoolchildren
• sophomores
• undergrads
• juniors
• schoolboys
• day students
• schoolgirls
• kindergartners
• schoolfellows
• studiers
• schoolmates
• preppies
• upperclassmen
• high schoolers
• underclassmen
• seniors
• middlers
• middle schoolers
• exchange students

Dissimilar Words

• nonstudents

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of undergraduates

Visas and a subpoena Nearly half of Caltech’s graduate students, 46%, come from abroad, along with 16% of undergraduates. — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026

Atlantic analysis that found over 20% of undergraduates at Harvard and Brown are registered as disabled, while Amherst has 34% and Stanford close to 40%. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2026

Construction is set to begin next year; the school plans to welcome graduate students in 2028 and undergraduates in 2032. — Austin Horn, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2026

Harbach is a gifted observer of undergraduates, their pathos and their comedy, but his Westish is a gentle and perhaps too-good-natured institution, where even the jocks are nerds. — B. D. McClay, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026

This week, Baylor’s student newspaper reported that the school’s enrollment of 13,860 undergraduates is BU’s lowest in 12 years. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Oct. 2026

Cornell is among the less difficult Ivy League schools to get into, and it is known for its top engineering program, while also being one of the few Ivies with a business school open to undergraduates. — Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2026

With both undergraduates and graduate students in the same institution, universities are usually larger. — Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 12 Oct. 2026

The $235-million deal includes a 150-year ground lease with future rent to be paid to Cooper Union, which plans to use the funds to restore full-tuition scholarships to all undergraduates by 2028. — Andy Battaglia, ARTnews.com, 8 Oct. 2026