college educated
Holding a degree
College educated describes someone who has completed a degree at a college or university, typically a four-year bachelor's program.
The term often appears in discussions of demographics, voting patterns, or job qualifications: The position requires a college-educated candidate.
It can carry class connotations, distinguishing white-collar from working-class backgrounds.
- degreeUnit of measurement
- diplomaAcademic completion document
- universityHigher education institution
- graduateOne who earned degree
- bachelor'sFirst university degree
cap and gown · campus · alumni · professional · literate · scholarly · credentialed · white-collar · middle class · intellectual · academic · thesis · dean's list · dormitory · tuition · student loans · liberal arts · prestigious
- workforce demographicsage, gender, race, ethnicity, age group
- demographicspopulation density, population growth, age distribution, population, gender ratio
- office workersreceptionist, office workers, office clerk, accountant, administrator
- votersvoters, voter, likely voters, registered voter, eligible voter
college educateduneducated
Lacking formal instruction
undereducated · unschooled · high school dropout · illiterate · dropout
college educatedself-taught
Educated without instructors
self-educated · autodidact · school of hard knocks · street smart · vocational
college educatedworking-class
Manual laborers as group
blue-collar · working class · uncredentialed · unlettered · untutored
college, educated, colleges, collegiate, collegian, collegians, educate, educates, education