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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As of the 2019-20 school year, 55 percent of undergraduates got some form of federal aid.
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Anna North, Vox, 3 Apr. 2025
At Menlo College in Atherton, California, a quarter of the 875 undergraduates come from outside the U.S., primarily from China, France, Germany, Italy and Spain.
—Emma Whitford, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
But these same grad students also teach large numbers of undergraduates, so losing them might cause a university’s course catalog to shrink.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 30 Mar. 2025
There are nearly 500 regional public universities across the U.S., serving around 5 million students — about half of all undergraduates enrolled in public universities, according to the Alliance for Research on Regional Colleges at Appalachian State University.
—Molly Parker, ProPublica, 27 Mar. 2025
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Anna North, Vox, 3 Apr. 2025
At Menlo College in Atherton, California, a quarter of the 875 undergraduates come from outside the U.S., primarily from China, France, Germany, Italy and Spain.
—Emma Whitford, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
But these same grad students also teach large numbers of undergraduates, so losing them might cause a university’s course catalog to shrink.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 30 Mar. 2025
There are nearly 500 regional public universities across the U.S., serving around 5 million students — about half of all undergraduates enrolled in public universities, according to the Alliance for Research on Regional Colleges at Appalachian State University.
—Molly Parker, ProPublica, 27 Mar. 2025
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“Undergraduate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/undergraduate. Accessed 12 Apr. 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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