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 out-of-state and international students enrolling for the first time in 2026 or later, the fees will increase by $1,000 for an undergraduate engineering fee; computer/data science and artificial intelligence undergraduate fee and for a business undergraduate fee.
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Ella Liu, a math undergraduate at a university in the midwest, is visiting family in the southern city of Guangzhou before her summer research project in the US starts next month.
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Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway plans to travel to Australia to pursue a three-year undergraduate degree at the University of Sydney, with a focus on international relations and political economy.
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Katerina Portela, raised in Florida and Hawaii, recently graduated from San Diego State University where she was honored as the school’s top journalism undergraduate.
—Anh Do, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2025
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Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2025
Ella Liu, a math undergraduate at a university in the midwest, is visiting family in the southern city of Guangzhou before her summer research project in the US starts next month.
—Nectar Gan, CNN Money, 30 May 2025
Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway plans to travel to Australia to pursue a three-year undergraduate degree at the University of Sydney, with a focus on international relations and political economy.
—Meredith Kile, People.com, 28 May 2025
Katerina Portela, raised in Florida and Hawaii, recently graduated from San Diego State University where she was honored as the school’s top journalism undergraduate.
—Anh Do, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2025
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“Undergraduate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/undergraduate. Accessed 6 Jun. 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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