post-secondary education
After high school
Post-secondary education is formal schooling that comes after high school—college, university, trade school, or vocational training.
The term is common in policy discussions and official contexts: Post-secondary education has become increasingly expensive.
It encompasses everything from two-year associate degrees to doctoral programs, as well as certificate programs and professional training.
- bachelor's degreeFirst-level university qualification
- degree programFormal course of study
- collegeHigher education institution
- college campusEducational institution's property
- freshman yearInitial academic year enrolled
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post-secondary educationprimary education
Initial years of schooling
K-12 education · secondary education · elementary education · elementary school · grade school
post-secondary educationcompulsory schooling
Legally required attendance at school
post-secondary educationself-education
Independent pursuit of knowledge
autodidacticism · on-the-job training · apprenticeship · school of hard knocks · life experience
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