How to Use undergraduate in a Sentence

undergraduate

noun
  • This is a sobering back-to-school fact for college undergraduates.
    — Bruno V. Manno, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • As Locklin took a seat in the back, Alvin, an undergraduate, took to the lectern.
    — John Penner, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2021
  • In other words, about 1 in 8 undergraduates changed the school in which they were enrolled last fall.
    — Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
  • There are 24 to 30 undergraduate students at a time at this two-year school.
    — Austin Sarat, The Conversation, 17 Apr. 2026
  • As an undergraduate, a professor also gave him a piece of advice that would launch him on a career path.
    — Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Gumbs earned his undergraduate degree in the fall and was taking classes this winter.
    — oregonlive, 4 Mar. 2022
  • Private undergraduate colleges, like Smith, are not on the list.
    — Marie-Amelie George, The Conversation, 28 May 2026
  • The first year the class was offered, nearly a quarter of the undergraduate student body enrolled.
    — David Marchesephoto Illustration By Bráulio Amado, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2022
  • Burns, an alumni, made his first feature film while an undergraduate at Hampshire.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 15 Apr. 2026
  • But for an undergraduate churning out a last-minute essay, AI will be far less useful.
    — Joseph Vukov, Chicago Tribune, 29 July 2024
  • The new class is 2,932 first-time, first-year undergraduate students.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2021
  • More than a third of UC undergraduates are low-income students.
    — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2026
  • That may be a difficult threshold for many young people who have just finished their undergraduate degree to meet.
    — Annie Nova, CNBC, 4 May 2026
  • As a prerequisite, undergraduates also make a commitment to teach at an at-risk school in the state for five years.
    — Claire Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026
  • But this need not be a limitation for undergraduates.
    — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026
  • An undergraduate from the lab, Lily Reisinger, built the box and set up the experiment.
    — WIRED, 28 Nov. 2022
  • All the undergraduates at Harvard read the New York Times in those days.
    — Joyce Carol Oates, Harper's Magazine, 10 July 2023
  • The site of the rockfall was Killingback's favorite field trip as an undergraduate student.
    — Maya Wei-Haas, National Geographic, 7 Oct. 2020
  • That wasn’t always true in my experience as an undergraduate, but Duke was, in every sense, a rich kids’ school.
    — Elizabeth Spiers, Vanity Fair, 29 Apr. 2026
  • What can be said about the Kalimotxo that hasn’t been pretentiously asserted by an undergraduate who just learned about it?
    — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 11 Oct. 2025
  • The class, an elective, was open to any undergraduate student at NYU.
    — Joseph Pisani, WSJ, 15 Mar. 2022
  • Being able to study at her own pace helped her graduate from high school at the age of 13 and earn her undergraduate degree three years later.
    — Maria Pasquini, PEOPLE.com, 16 May 2022
  • That’s the note undergraduate Chris Zuo sent me along with photos of countless mosquito bites on his bare skin.
    — David Hu, The Conversation, 18 Mar. 2026
  • As undergraduates, Loyola students take their learning on the road.
    — Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 28 June 2026
  • Coggin said an undergraduate student told her what was happening.
    — Marquise Francis, NBC news, 16 Dec. 2025
  • The tuition rate charged in a resident undergraduate student's first year would be guaranteed and would not increase for the next three school years.
    — Marissa Payne, Des Moines Register, 13 Mar. 2026
  • The model was created for adults at the undergraduate and graduate level who made the choice and were able to manage themselves.
    — Safia Samee Ali, NBC News, 18 Oct. 2020
  • What the winners said Dean Ahmed, the undergraduate winner, said the pressure of the stage was real.
    — Cbs Texas Staff, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
  • It can be used for undergraduate and graduate programs, as well as community colleges and trade schools.
    — Sacbee.com, 1 May 2026
  • At the time, the now-governor Moore was an undergraduate studying abroad in South Africa.
    — Lisa Iannucci, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2023

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