part-time student
Not fully enrolled
A part-time student is enrolled in fewer courses than a full course load, typically to accommodate work, family obligations, or other commitments.
The threshold varies by institution but usually means less than twelve credit hours per semester.
Part-time status often affects eligibility for financial aid, housing, and other benefits: She's a part-time student while working full-time.
- evening classesInstruction after sundown
- jugglingSequential toss-and-catch performance
- tuitionPayment for instruction
- campusInstitutional grounds and buildings
- degreeUnit of measurement
credits · flexible · commute · parking pass · textbooks · late nights · deadline · scholarship · online courses · enrollment · semester · lecture hall · night school · balancing · work-life balance · day job · exhausted · coffee
- studentsfreshman, sophomore, pupil, junior, senior
- grad studentsdoctoral candidate, postgrad, first year, second year, third year
- business schoolbusiness plan, spreadsheet, presentation, networking, group project
- School Enrollmentregistration forms, registration, admission, enrollment form, application
- commuter lifebus pass, train pass, parking permit, carpool, rideshare
part-time studentfull-time student
Enrolled for complete credits
professional student · scholar · academic · lifelong learner
part, time, student, parts, parted, parting, partial, partially, partiality