professional students
Perpetual degree seekers
Professional students are those enrolled in graduate programs that prepare them for specific licensed careers—law, medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, or similar fields.
The term distinguishes them from academic graduate students pursuing research degrees.
A professional student in law school is working toward a J.D., not a Ph.D.
Informally, the phrase can describe someone who seems to make a career of being in school, perpetually enrolled to avoid entering the workforce: He's been a professional student for a decade now.
- residenciesPlaces where one lives
- graduateOne who earned degree
- doctoralOf advanced academic study
- lifelong learnerOne who never stops studying
- continuing educationOngoing professional coursework after graduation
career change · financial strain · academic burnout · job market · learning · licensure · certification · specialization · career advancement · medical school · law school · business school · dissertation · thesis defense · study · tuition fees · colleges · ivory tower
professional studentspractitioners
People who perform a discipline
nine-to-fivers · breadwinners · wage earners · tradespeople · self-starters
professional studentsvocational students
Learners in job-focused programs
professional studentsentrepreneurs
Those who launch ventures
doers · practitioners · business owners · self-starters · tradespeople
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