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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Dickson said within the two years the school will be producing 250 undergraduates per year in UConn’s four-year traditional program.
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Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 24 Feb. 2025
As an undergraduate at Princeton in the early 2000s, Venable found the subject fascinating.
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Many students rely on financial aid to attend college, with roughly 75 percent of all undergraduates getting some sort of assistance, whether federally or from their college, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.
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Assigned to a team of four undergraduates, Weiss helped conceptualize and activate RCG’s healthcare branch.
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Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 24 Feb. 2025
As an undergraduate at Princeton in the early 2000s, Venable found the subject fascinating.
—Cody Stavenhagen, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
Many students rely on financial aid to attend college, with roughly 75 percent of all undergraduates getting some sort of assistance, whether federally or from their college, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
Assigned to a team of four undergraduates, Weiss helped conceptualize and activate RCG’s healthcare branch.
—Brianna Kamienski, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for undergraduate
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“Undergraduate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/undergraduate. Accessed 1 Mar. 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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