graduates
Cap and gown
Graduates are people who have completed a course of study, especially at a school or university: This year's graduates faced a tough job market.
The verb graduate means to complete such a course and receive a diploma or degree: She graduated from medical school in May.
Graduate also works as an adjective for advanced academic work: graduate studies, graduate student.
To graduate something like a measuring cup is to mark it with degrees or increments.
Act of starting
- diplomaAcademic completion document
- cap and gownCeremonial graduation attire
- processionFormal moving line
- valedictorianTop-ranked graduating student
salutatorian · convocation · hooding · tassel · academic regalia · pomp and circumstance · conferral · keynote speaker
Employment availability collectively
- employmentPaid occupation status
- recruitmentSeeking new personnel
- resumeCareer summary document
- interviewFormal questioning session
entry-level · internship · networking · LinkedIn · hiring · salary · offer letter · onboarding
Students in same course
- peersThose of equal status
- cohortGroup sharing circumstances
- batchQuantity produced together
- class ofBelonging to a graduating group
reunion · homecoming · network · association · donor · mentors · distinguished · notable
Students seeking bachelor's degrees
- postgraduatesDegree holders continuing education
- doctoralOf advanced academic study
- master'sAdvanced graduate credential
- bachelor'sFirst university degree
scholars · honors students · dean's list · thesis · dissertation · GPA · degree · major
commencement
Act of starting
- diplomaAcademic completion document
- cap and gownCeremonial graduation attire
- processionFormal moving line
valedictorian · salutatorian · convocation · hooding · tassel · academic regalia · pomp and circumstance · conferral · keynote speaker · alma mater
job market
Employment availability collectively
- employmentPaid occupation status
- recruitmentSeeking new personnel
- resumeCareer summary document
interview · entry-level · internship · networking · LinkedIn · hiring · salary · offer letter · onboarding · workforce
classmates
Students in same course
class of · reunion · homecoming · network · association · donor · mentors · distinguished · notable · successful
undergraduates
Students seeking bachelor's degrees
- postgraduatesDegree holders continuing education
- doctoralOf advanced academic study
- master'sAdvanced graduate credential
bachelor's · scholars · honors students · dean's list · thesis · dissertation · GPA · degree · major · minor
- collegecampus, courses, application, dorms, dorm room
- Graduatesalumni, college grad, PhD holder, postgrads, doctoral candidate
- graduationcap and gown, diploma frame, commencement address, valedictorian, mortarboard
- job fairsrecruiters, employers, job seekers, jobseekers, resumes
- young adultsyoung adults, twenty-somethings, twentysomethings, young people, young professionals
- job seekersapplicants, candidates, job seekers, interviewees, prospects
graduatesdropouts
People who leave early
flunkouts · withdrawals · failures · leavers · expelled students
- graduation dayAcademic completion ceremony
- high school graduationSecondary education completion ceremony
- graduate schoolInstitution awarding advanced degrees
- graduation ceremonyFormal academic completion event
- college graduate
- high school graduateOne who completed secondary education
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